By Zuko Komisa
Many workers across the world, spend a considerable amount of time in the office, and sometimes the office arrangement or environment doesn’t quite cut it.
Depending on the interests and activities of the employees or the culture of the company, privacy in the workplace may become crucial.
Not all workplaces have the same goals, and not all employees perform the same duties.
Throughout the world employers are encouraged to take talent retention and attraction into account when planning the workspace, ensuring that each component (furniture, lighting, design, etc.) contributes to meeting the needs of the area and its workers.
Otherwise, you may well have observed your colleagues’ stress, an unstable work environment, and negative results.
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Kaya Biz with Gugulethu Mfuphi spoke to John Loos, a property sector strategist at FNB Commercial Property Finance on the need to design office buildings that compete with the attractions of home – and give employees some privacy
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Loos makes a point of how there is a massive shift in the design of office buildings as landlords and tenants compete with the attractions of working from home.
“Collaboration and employee interaction is necessary some of the time, but much of the time, for many employees, is about focusing on their work individually, preferably with no distraction.”
“The market has to compete with the home in the case of those jobs that can be done from either place. One key ‘selling point’ to employees regarding the benefits of the office, is ‘collaboration’. Employees need to see each other ‘in person’ at least a portion of the time, so the story goes, and collaboration at least some of the time is important in many jobs.” says Loos
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