Open office concept will die, pandemic will ensure it!
70% reduction in face-to-face interaction when firms switched to open office - as per an article published in HBR . Just like actors or basket ball players try to isolate from chaos and distractions to focus on scene or game, employees also tend to create invisible walls to maintain privacy and focus on work. it's called fourth wall. So open offices are possibly not so open. Surprisingly, new age companies are still in favor of open spaces which can supposedly increase collaboration and happiness among employees. But personally I have never found any employee happy about open offices except for those who suggested the change. Somehow, this employee friendly decision, always, came top-down. Isn't it demeaning or condescending? As if the management does not have faith on employees to collaborate, suo-moto; and so the employees have to be conditioned in an enforced surrounding. Theoretically, open office architecture compromises privacy for collaboration and vice versa for the