I was very excited when I learned that I was going to get a real office in place of the cubicle that I had used as my office for the last couple of years. There was no privacy in the cubicle, and apart from being noisy at times, my personal items got “borrowed”, never to be returned.
However it turned out that, like many other offices in the building, it was located in the middle and had no windows. Although the office was well ventilated and illuminated, I often got suffocating feelings, especially during long and busy workdays. I heard similar complaints from other co-workers who occupied offices like mine. Some felt claustrophobic and the productivity was going down. After three months I moved back to my cubicle again.



