As Office Space Shrinks, So Does Privacy for Workers
23rd February 2015
The average amount of space per office worker in North America dropped to 176 square feet in 2012, from 225 in 2010, according to CoreNet Global, a commercial real estate association. Though more recent figures are not available, real estate experts say there is no doubt that workers are being shoehorned into even less space.
This means that everyone will get to hear those loud calls about how long your mother-in-law will be staying or why the $1,500 medical bill the collection agency insists you owe should really be covered by insurance.
The problem is that the savings by putting everyone in one big room is easy to quantify, and the loss of productivity and morale is not.