More and more companies want modern, open plan offices—if they don’t have them already. And most employees approve—more than half prefer open plan offices, and that number rises with younger workers.
But open offices come with a significant downside. The jump in noise and distraction for open office workers lowers their productivity and job satisfaction and can even hinder customer relationships.
The extent of the distraction today’s open office workers are dealing with is severe. Everyone is getting distracted at work to some degree, and 4 out of 10 report they are always or very often distracted. Yikes.
Open offices aren’t going away. So, how can organizations solve the open office dilemma?