Improving Work Spaces Can Improve Performance
However big or small your office is, providing cubicles for workers might do more harm than good.
The goal at one time might have been quiet and privacy, but the result is often alienated workers prevented from generating more cohesive work environments and the contact necessary to boost performance.
Cubicle walls hardly block sound from your neighboring coworkers, anyway. Not to mention, more open workspaces also save money on office expenses.
Even as more workers are also telecommuting and traveling as often as they are sitting in the office, the traditional use of cubicles may be too old-fashioned for the modern age.
The best solution is likely a combination of designated quiet workspaces and open, collaborative spaces, so workers have either option, depending on their current project's needs and individual needs. This trend has been spearheaded by a wave Silicon Valley companies in recent years in an attempt to create "sustainable workplaces."
The benefits of productivity from more satisfied workers might outweigh the effort of making changes.
Comments
I agree. I hate talking on the phone because I know everybody can hear my entire conversation! I'm a journalist, so it's terrible when I'm doing long phone interviews. Sometimes people are so quiet I feel like they're listening, and other times they're really loud and I have trouble concentrating. Argh!
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I'm sorry, but my bosses know better than this.
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