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Oracle was a fantastic place to work for me. I had a private locking office with a mountain view as an intern - many people on here say they'd kill for that kind of respect and working environment! And they paid me a full senior salary while I did my PhD. Really can't argue with that.

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I also had that experience at apple. For two weeks. Then was moved into a shitty shared cubicle. Don’t miss working there.

Before WFH I would have been envious of a shared cubicle (assuming it means a cubicle with 4 walls that is shared by 2 people)

You mean you'd be envious of the getting to share a cubicle with someone, or you'd be envious of only having to share with only one person and nobody else? Can't tell :)

It's the latter. 2 people surrounded by cubicle walls is better than a giant room filled with desks and no partitions.

The worst I've seen so far was at Amazon. When some people wanted to get up from their desk, they had to ask their desk neighbor to stand up so they could pass through.

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