Open-plan offices can be bad for your health

Surveys find that working cheek-by-jowl with your colleagues is bad for your productivity and well-being

Craving private space at work? You are not alone. If you work in an open-plan office, you may not be surprised to read this.

Extensive international research from Ipsos and the Workspace Futures Team of Steelcase shows that 85% of people are dissatisfied with their working environment and cant concentrate. Of those surveyed 95% said working privately was important to them, but only 41% said they could do so, and 31% had to leave the office to get work completed.

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Source Network Front | The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/money/work-blog/2014/sep/29/open-plan-office-health-productivity

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