In-house editing….in a cubicle?

[Corbin Gross]

Hey, guys. I’m one of those in-house photographer/videographer combo guys in a cubicle as well. It’s kind of hilarious actually.

We recently moved into a new building. I knew I wasn’t going to get an editing room, because to a non-editor it would be almost indistinguishable from an “office”, and they can’t just go giving anybody an office. So repeatedly recommended that they put me at the far edge of the cubicles in our department. Today I sit dead center. Seriously. The whole isle pretty much just walks out for a 10 minute break when the see a few people come over to review a piece with me.

My boss super awesome, but her hands are completely tied as to whom sits where. I get constant complaints from those around me. They’re all really cool about it, not complaining to me directly, just asking nicely when it’s crunch time or things get too loud, but it’s widely recognized as insanity to put a cubicle editing suite in the middle of a busy room. However, the people who actually decide where people sit don’t have any idea of what people do or what their needs might be, and so far have been unwilling to consider the editor’s noise and an issue.

I’ve found that while I’m challenged by location, as are those around me, there are likely bigger fish to fry for the MGMT. I try not to make a stink and I try to be super flexible. I’m in house, so I make many compromises to have somebody else’s signature on my paycheck. I’m no business man, and I don’t want the headache of tracking down clients and marketing and fixing my computer, so I sit in a cube and use older equipment than I’d like, but I’m compensated fairly and my employment is pretty secure.

All that to say, depending on spacial requirements, content security, and the reaction management has to deal with when the other employees see somebody in an “office” are just a few of the things the bosses have to deal with when they put us in cubicles. I konw what I would do if I were running the joint, but there would be no joint to come back to if somebody were foolish enough to put me in charge. I don’t want that job, yuck, so I pretty much do what I’m told until it’s absolutely necessary to make a change.

Corbin Gross | SANMAR
Photographer/Videographer | Marketing
22833 SE Black Nugget Road | Issaquah, WA 98029
206.727.5501 x5237
http://www.sanmar.com

[Margot Kelly]

It is very important that there is a space where you and your colleagues can review the edit together. Would this be viable in the set up you have? Our edit suites have synced hard drives which means each edit can be accesses on a computer in a separate room with a large screen. This could be something worth investigating? I’d say discuss this with your boss A LOT before the move.

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