A look at Meta's “The Cube”, a cubicle made of felt-like recycled PET plastic that absorbs sound and blocks distractions, rolling out to Meta's offices globally
The Facebook and Instagram parent needed a new setup for the loud hybrid workplace. Here's a first look at the quieter cubicle.
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@kessler
Ben Kessler
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This week Meta invented Twitter Blue and cubicles. https://twitter.com/...
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@meannie
Annie Tsai
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Cubicles. What was old is new again. Bet they're glad they spent all that coin to get pretty cubicles. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@scottnover
Scott Nover
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Noise is the only redeeming part of an office. How do people work in silence https://twitter.com/...
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@takarasmall
Takara Small
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Cheaper than giving every employee their own office with a door, I guess. Maybe a sign that open office plans are going the way of the Dodo 🦤 https://www.wsj.com/...
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@dtc
Dennis T Cheung
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“Meta hired an acoustician to test the noise reduction inside the Cube, placing a device across the office to mimic human voices, and found that it reduced sound levels by about 20 decibels” Wow! 20db would be a huge win! https://www.wsj.com/...
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@scottmonty
Scott Monty
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An office. It's called an office. https://twitter.com/...
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@bmccandless
Bill McCandless
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An office. You invented an office. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@malleyjll
Charlie Malley
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The purpose of the office is shifting from a place to catch up on emails to a place to meet, collaborate, and talk. With that comes more noise that the traditional office space can contain. Meta is working to design the office to make it “less noisy” https://apple.news/...
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@don_drone
Abe Froman
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This trumps the metaverse https://www.wsj.com/...
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@dcg1114
@dcg1114
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Epic, the Healthcare company, has a radical idea. Give everyone an office. It is amazing how quiet their offices are. Rather than invent absurdly dystopian solutions, you could just give everyone an office. Nah - corporations are too smart for that. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@lorendefilippo
Loren DeFilippo
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Facebook parent Meta asked architects, design firms and furniture manufacturers to create an office setup to help workers concentrate amid the noise of video calls. Their solution: the Cube. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ
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@meghanbobrowsky
Meghan Bobrowsky
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Meta is building a new cubicle for the hybrid office called “The Cube” I recently tested it out and it actually does reduce noise — the company says by 20 decibels Story with @ChipCutter on the 6-month+ process of developing a new desk set-up that works https://www.wsj.com/...
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@theofrancis
Theo Francis
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Facebook reinvents the ... cubicle? Fun piece from Chip Cutter and Meghan Bobrowsky: https://www.wsj.com/...
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@neelesh_salian
Neelesh Salian
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Guess who is back? Cubicles! https://www.wsj.com/...
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@nomeltwu
@nomeltwu
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The Cube is a great invention for focused work, but will it limit real-life interaction and lead to feelings of isolation in the small working environment? Please put employee health first when considering applying new inventions for productivity. #NYUPR https://www.wsj.com/...
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@adamclarkestes
Adam Clark Estes
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Meta's trying to get people back to the office by giving them big felt cocoons to wrap around their desks https://www.wsj.com/...
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@hkanji
Hussein Kanji
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Dept of duh. “What we realized is that, as a result of the pandemic and people working from home, that folks needed an environment to Zoom, to videoconference, and it's very hard to do in an open office without interrupting other folks” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@christaylor_nyc
Chris Taylor
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I've got an idea, how about offices with doors that close https://www.wsj.com/...