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After working in a cubicle I'd be reluctant to ever go back to an open office (I guess remote is the next step in this progression). Which is shitty because there are companies I'd like to work for but they have open offices.

Even just looking at images of open offices and imagining having to work with my back turned against the entire floor gives me anxiety.

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I remember my first job was in a cubicle and I thought of it as cubicle hell. Now I pine for the days of the cubicle.

I personally feel that cubicles are the worst of both worlds. You get none of the privacy and sound isolation of a private space, but you don't get the frictionless collaboration and socialization of an open office. I felt like I was socially isolated and living in the hell of hearing the conversation of the "that guy" through the wall without being able to give him any subtle social cues.

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