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I've been with my company for over five years now and up until now I've been buried in the depths of a cubicle labyrinth which had up to four people in each cubicle at any given time. With all the layoffs and people leaving several cubicles opened up. One coveted corner cubicle became available a couple months ago and nobody took it. Recently management told the office that anybody could have it but everyone I talked to was too afraid to take it out of fear of bringing too much attention to themselves. I had no problem taking it. The above picture is just something I randomly pulled from the web but it's close enough. I have a desk surrounded by windows plus I have a semi-private balcony. I love it. I feel more like a human being because of the privacy and because I'm not made to share close quarters with others. It's still just a cubicle but it's better than before.

I've learned it's best to not be plagued by fear at work. There is a lot of paranoia that happens when you work for a company that lets people go every few months. The fear can destroy you though. It's better to just do your job and learn new things so that if you do end up getting canned you have something valuable to take to your next job.

Speaking of fear, I just found out that all the resumes posted by employees at my company are searched for on a regular basis. When someone is looking, my company knows. I could let that scare me or I could just resign to the fact that we live in an information society and I'm not doing anything wrong.

Still, as I've said earlier, I'm not going to name my company in this blog. I think that is a justified fear :)