Gallery: These Are The Saddest Office Cubicles We Could Find
David Gunnells01cubicle1-filecabinet-single
The winner of the 2007 Wired News Saddest-Cubicle Contest.
Mark Celsor02gray
When the first floor of his office flooded, management decided that rather than telecommute, everyone would pack into the second floor. Without enough desks to go around, this poor guy pulled out the drawers of a filing cabinet and stuck his monitor on top.
Will03cubicle3-thumbs-up
The thumbs-up guy says it best: "My desk has a column in the middle of it. Then it was cut in half. Now the wiring doesn't work." Shuffle the syllables around, and you could have a sad haiku.
Pete04cubicle4-marketing-sales
This cubicle features a single fluorescent light, paperclips as cubicle hooks and overturned boxes as shelf space, while lacking both windows and a working land line. What's worse, these guys don't even get their own cubes.
Courtney05cubicle5-cone
Winters are cold in Minnesota, which this cube's denizen is reminded of every time the door behind her opens. And those cones? Nobody ever uses them.
Anonymous06cubicle6-cornerdesk
This gives new meaning to the phrase "corner office." An IT guy ran a help desk from this cube for a year. Behind him, officemates would stop to chitchat. He must have been quite the source of office gossip. He reports it has since been given a more appropriate use. It serves as a shelf for the coffee pot.
Deepak07cubicle6-small-black-book
This workstation defines small. Found on the USS Pampanito, a World War II submarine moored in San Francisco, it took us a minute to even realize it was a cubicle.
Tim08cubicle7-chair
This guy strolled back from a meeting to find his furniture gone. He sat there for an hour before someone told him he'd been moved to a new space.
Bob09cubicle8-trailer-ls
A multibillion-dollar marine-terminals company decided to put its IT contractor inside a 40-foot steel cargo container. He calls it "the hamster cage." To get electricity, he ran a 100-foot extension cord to a power substation. In the winter, a small electric heater provided white noise, but little warmth. When it rained, he had to close himself in. And you think you have trouble getting a wireless signal....
Jason10cubicle9-grid
Not only are these cubes small and cramped, but none has any natural light. When we have telemarketing nightmares, this is what we see.
Austin11cubicle10-cube
We'd assume this cubicle dweller is just a bad photographer, but he assures us the lighting in his office really is this depressing. As is the utter lack of décor. Dude, get a plant.
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