What makes a work space terrible? Is it the gray-beige color scheme, the industrial-grade carpet, or the chipped Formica desks and fluorescent lights? Or is it the opposite, when a company is so desperate to keep up with the Googles that they try a little too hard--filling the offices with ping-pong tables, plastic toys and a few too many "chill-out rooms" for most grown-ups' comfort?

Valleywag, a tech gossip blog, on the heels of choosing The Best Workplaces in Tech, <A HREF="http://blogs.eweek.com/careers/content001/working_stiffs/worst_workspaces_in_tech.html?kc=EWKNLEND051608STR3">set out to find the ten worst,</A> topping the list with Yahoo's New York offices, replete with employees sleeping uncomfortably in some cubes and the curious use of white-picket fences around others.