News that one in three staff say open-plan offices are noisy and overcrowded will hardly come as a revelation to those who spend their working days being overlooked and overheard by all and sundry, writes Laura Smith.
A lack of privacy, "overwhelming" food smells and incessant mobile phone calls by colleagues were the biggest gripes in a survey of more than 1,000 workers carried out by the recruitment firm Office Angels. The figures showed 84% of them would rather work in closed than open-plan offices.
It's not difficult to understand the theory behind open-plan offices, which have grown in popularity over the past 30 years, along with the idea that they increase productivity.
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