Tag Archives: Open-offices

As you all know to your sorrow, Irreal has been railing against open offices for years. COVID-19 has done more than anything to put an end to this abomination but like a vampire or a zombie, the concept is surprising … Continue reading →

Open offices are dead. At least that’s what the sociopaths who foisted them off on protesting office workers—but never their bosses for some reason—say. An article in Fast Company says that the architects who have been pushing the open office … Continue reading →

I thought I was finished with writing about the horror known as Open Offices for a while but I just came across an article that so fully mirrors my feelings on the subject that I had to wade into the … Continue reading →

I’m not sure why I bother but here’s another report (from last year) belaboring the obvious: workers hate open office spaces. They hate them for all the obvious reasons: too much noise, lack of privacy, lack of ability to concentrate, … Continue reading →

How many bean counters does it take to finally grok giant open-space office layouts are counterproductive? — Kontra (@counternotions) October 8, 2017 He also points to this New York Times article on office design, which describes a movement away from … Continue reading →

In a study that should surprise absolutely no one, a paper in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health concludes that occupants of open plan offices take 62% more sick days than those with private offices. (The paper itself … Continue reading →

Regular readers know that Irreal has disdain for open plan offices and those who perpetrate them on their hapless employees but, somehow, never on themselves. These office plans are always justified on the grounds of “increased collaboration” but there’s a … Continue reading →