Robert Propst vs. cubicles

The invention of the cubicle was meant to give office workers privacy, as well as provide a vertical space for shelves and trinkets and enough room for a standing or sitting desk. Propst was appalled by how CEOs used his invention as a way to save space and money at the expense of the worker instead of providing more space for them. He called the mass introduction of them to the workplace a “monolithic insanity.”