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Open workspace, anyone? (Bloomberg)

From Steno Pools To Cubicles And Back Again: How Offices Put Up Walls, Only To Pull’em Down

While it might be hard to believe now, especially if you’re currently staring at the fabric-covered walls of a corporate enclosure — cubicles were first intended as a form of salvation in the workplace. Having three walls to call your own seemed like paradise compared to steno pools filled with clacking typewriters and workers crowded together. [More]

Taco Bell Manager Denies Locking Sleeping Homeless Man In The Dumpster

Taco Bell Manager Denies Locking Sleeping Homeless Man In The Dumpster

A Taco Bell manager in California is under fire this week after allegations that he locked a homeless man inside the restaurant’s Dumpster. But he says that the man was sleeping in the unlocked Dumpster, and he simply had to keep the area’s gates shut due to city regulations. [More]