So I am getting a Cubicle

[JayOctavarium]

So a week from yesterday I will be moving out from my classroom setting training and upstairs into my office. I'll still be in training, but will get my own cubicle (eventually...).

What are some suggestions for decorating and what not?

So far here's what I know about my cubicle:

• The office frowns upon plugging things into our powerstrips. Unless I am a lucky one with a cubicle against a main wall, I won't be able to get away with much that isn't battery operated / rechargeable.
• Odds are I won't have much natural light. I didn't see any empty cubicles along the windows. I have a feeling it will be a tad dark.
• I am a newb still on probation. I don't wanna do TOO much to stand out, so I wanna be subtle... but I still want to make it mine.
• I DO want to get a little plant of some sort. Or more likely a moss ball. Because I love moss balls.

I feel like an actual adult now. Haha

[gmillerdrake]

Definitely some greenery like a small plant. I'd throw something small in there that speaks to your personality....a picture or something? Tough to say with your limited flexibility.

[Cool Chris]

• The office frowns upon plugging things into our powerstrips. Unless I am a lucky one with a cubicle against a main wall, I won't be able to get away with much that isn't battery operated / rechargeable.
• Odds are I won't have much natural light. I didn't see any empty cubicles along the windows. I have a feeling it will be a tad dark.

What did you want to plug in? I always plugged my cell in to the USB port on my desktop.

Offices usually have way more light than they need to. No, it isn't natural, but I can't imagine you will find it dark.

Welcome to adulthood. Just remember the good times you used to have! [/list]

[JayOctavarium]

I ordered myself a Newton's Cradle.

What did you want to plug in? I always plugged my cell in to the USB port on my desktop.

Well a desk fan would be awesome.  And my phone charger as well . I could probably get away with plugging my charger into my strip, but I was told not to plug my phone into my computer (thingy) as it will encrypt my phone.  That's NOT something I want to happen.

[axeman90210]

I've been meaning to order this for my cubicle for a long time now.

https://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/parks-and-recreation-swanson-pyramid-of-greatness-poster/detail.php?p=296505

[millahh]

The "Is this good for the COMPANY?" banner from Office Space is always a nice touch...or, if you're feeling less overt, an Initech coffee mug.

[King Postwhore]

Jay, you're so square.

[JayOctavarium]

Actually Joe, I am pretty round. You would know a thing or two about that as well

[Chino]

Made this a couple years ago.

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=36751.msg1559765#msg1559765

My first cubicle I decked out with all kinds of stuff. After I left that job and realized how much I FUCKING HATE CUBICLES, I put nothing in my new one with the exception of pictures of my girlfriend, a small heater, and a fan.

[lonestar]

Been in the workforce for 30 years, never had a cubicle or a desk. Think I'd shoot myself if I did.

[King Postwhore]

Actually Joe, I am pretty round. You would know a thing or two about that as well

[hefdaddy42]

Well a desk fan would be awesome. 

I got a small USB desk fan from Wal-Mart.  Plugs right into my computer in my cubicle.

Find a red Swingline stapler if at all possible.

[Chino]

Well a desk fan would be awesome. 

I got a small USB desk fan from Wal-Mart.  Plugs right into my computer in my cubicle.

Find a red Swingline stapler if at all possible.

I got me one of these and it works great.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KPUFDGG/ref=twister_B00MIKTULK?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

[cramx3]

Take a look around at what other people do to their cubicles.  Since you don't want to stand out, I wouldn't do anything more than what everyone else is doing. 

Someone told me awhile ago that a good judgement of people's happiness at work would be to check the cubicles.  If people had pictures and more lively cubicles then it means they are more likely to be happy working there than people who have nothing in their cubicles.  Sounds like it makes sense, but maybe not in reality, but from my personal experience, this was true.

Also, I don't understand why you can't use the power strips.

[Chino]

Also, I don't understand why you can't use the power strips.

We had a guy running a space heater, a mini fridge, and a microwave off his powerstrip. He caused a short on our floor. Now we can't have any of those things. I comply with the exception of a small heater. I sit near a window and the heater behind my cube doesn't seem to do anything. I need it for my hands.

Stands less than 6" tall and does a great job.

[gmillerdrake]

My set up at the office:





Notable Features:

- Tower Fan
- speakers that plug in to either my phone or laptop
- Greenery...
- Pics of the family
- Blues Gnome....a Gift From my not so Secret Santa Dark Castle a few years back 

I share the office with my partner, so it's not exactly a cubicle environment....but it'll do

[cramx3]

Also, I don't understand why you can't use the power strips.

We had a guy running a space heater, a mini fridge, and a microwave off his powerstrip. He caused a short on our floor. Now we can't have any of those things. I comply with the exception of a small heater. I sit near a window and the heater behind my cube doesn't seem to do anything. I need it for my hands.

I guess that makes sense, being in tech we had issues in the past jobs with people having hidden servers running in their cubicles which is a logistical nightmare for the IT department.  I guess those are extreme examples, but I wonder if they would care if you used like a USB charger or just basic low power stuff.

[JayOctavarium]

I just got a welcome email from... someone whom I am still trying to figure out who exactly he is and what he does in the hierarchy of my building / department.

In it he outlined some rules of the office and some do's and don'ts.

Apparently we are limited to 2 small live plants in our cubes. I don't know why but I found the fact that this was actually said to be kinda funny. 

[Cool Chris]

Some of these rules can be ridiculous, but in a large office, you need to set some standards and expectations, otherwise you have thousands of people asking for a thousand different things.

Case in point:

We had a guy running a space heater, a mini fridge, and a microwave off his powerstrip. He caused a short on our floor. Now we can't have any of those things.

That is hilarious. I can't believe no one called him out on that before that happened.

[JayOctavarium]

There was a comment about not bringing in large containers to fill with water from the cooler to tank home.

[Cool Chris]

If that company's employees are taking home water from the cooler, a bigger concern might be how much they are, or are not, paying them.

We had so many people burn popcorn in the microwaves and set off the fire alarm, popcorn was not only banned, but people who microwaved popcorn faced disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

[JayOctavarium]

If that company's employees are taking home water from the cooler, a bigger concern might be how much they are, or are not, paying them.

We had so many people burn popcorn in the microwaves and set off the fire alarm, popcorn was not only banned, but people who microwaved popcorn faced disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

It's a county job

[lonestar]

Apparently we are limited to 2 small live plants in our cubes. I don't know why but I found the fact that this was actually said to be kinda funny.

Two words.... bansai marijuana

[Chino]

That is hilarious. I can't believe no one called him out on that before that happened.

He was a guy who had been ready to retire for about a year, and the company was doing anything they could to keep him on for a while longer due to certain projects that had yet to be completed. He pretty much didn't give a fuck, and they certainly weren't going to risk pushing his buttons over something that didn't directly affect the business (until it shut down about 25 machines).

There was a comment about not bringing in large containers to fill with water from the cooler to tank home.

This is almost unheard of in the type of setting I'm in. It's actually encouraged for employees to bring in a jug. They even give you one on your first day. Then again, we don't have water coolers. We just have fountains we can fill are water bottles at (and ice in the fridge).

[ZirconBlue]

Apparently we are limited to 2 small live plants in our cubes.

How many dead ones can you have?

[Podaar]

Wallpaper. Penguin wallpaper for actual walls not computer screens.