The document provides essential cubicle etiquette tips for public relations and marketing professionals, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a professional atmosphere. Key recommendations include being neat, avoiding personal conversations in public spaces, using quiet communication methods, and refraining from eating at desks to minimize disturbances. It highlights the need for respectful interaction and consideration of colleagues' comfort in a shared workspace.

1. Trade Tips:
Cubicle Etiquette 101
Helpful hints for public relations
and marketing professionals
By Shannon R. Mouton
Follow these do's and don'ts of cubicle etiquette to
maintain a professional atmosphere.

2. Cubicle Etiquette 101
Private office space is eroding and cubicles are here to
stay. Some people think this makes teams more effective,
while others find it an invasion of personal space.

3. Cubicle Do’s & Don’ts

4. Be Neat & Clean Your Suite
DO remember you are on display.
Keep your personal appearance and desk neat.

5. Leave Home, AT Home
Don't discuss personal or confidential matters.
Have sensitive issue conversations
in a private office or on your cell phone
during a break.

6. Keep it Down
Do turn off audio sounds on the
computer.
Prevent a cacophony from happening in
your area.

7. Use Your Inside Voice
Don't shout to colleagues over the top.
Walk over to the person you want to talk to,
phone or send an email.

8. Do Not Disturb
Do let people know when you are concentrating
and wish not to be disturbed.
Have a series of signs you hang on the cubicle
wall.

9. Knock First
Don't barge into cubicles.
Knock on the inside of the cubicle wall
and even say "knock, knock" or ask "Is this
a good time to interrupt?"

10. Make an Investment
Do invest in high-quality headphones.
These can block out extraneous noise.

11. Keep Speaker Use to a Minimum
Don't use the speakerphone.
Listening to music while on hold or recorded
messages can be very annoying to others in
the office.

12. Eat Away From Your Desk
Don’t eat lunch at your desk.
You might love your leftover garlic seafood
stew, but smelly foods can be bothersome to
people sitting nearby.

13. Hold the Treats
Do remember that candies attract visitors.
It’s nice to be nice, but do you really need the interruptions?

14. Cubicle Do’s & Don’ts

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