Mitarbeiter in Großraum- und Gemeinschaftsbüros berichten häufiger über ein schlechtes Raumklima als Mitarbeiter in Einzelbüros. Selbstberichtetes schlechtes Raumklima wird auch mit Kopfschmerzen und Atemwegsbeschwerden in Verbindung gebracht.
https://www.oslomet.no/en/research/featured-research/indoor-climate-open-plan-offices-may-affect-health
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This confirms what we already know: open offices sacrifice health for the illusion of collaboration. Companies pushed this layout for real estate savings, not productivity gains. If you’re experiencing symptoms, document them that’s your leverage for remote work or accommodation.
Interesting how something as simple as air quality and noise can have such a deep effect on focus and wellbeing.
Open offices were meant to bring collaboration but they often end up increasing stress and fatigue instead.Would be great if future designs balanced openness with small private zones or better ventilation control.
Checks out. When I worked in the most open open-office layout, I would get sick like every month and a half or so. Switched jobs to a slightly more closed space and got sick maybe twice a year.
The fact that this trend even exists is crazy. There is ***zero*** hard evidence that it „works“. There are a few soft papers with tiny sample sizes that suggest it could be beneficial, but somehow it’s now morphed into hundreds of millions of real money spent on office reorganizations everywhere.