Can creative sparks fly through plexiglass? Is the water cooler chat a thing of the past?
) show how a typical 9-5 day at a hot desk in a packed building will not be resuming when governments globally give the green light for offices to reopen.For the world’s biggest advertising company WPP, staff will return gradually and on a voluntary basis, Chief Executive Mark Read told Reuters.
WPP has also adopted flexible working hours, limited the number of people in elevators and, with the canteen buffet off the menu, staff are bringing in their own food. Those measures will form the blueprint for the management team overseeing the return of some 7,500 staff to other offices, Forster said.Since reopening its seven main branches in China last month, Rentokil’s 600 staff stay in the office for about 4-5 hours a day, a spokesperson said. It has also rejigged seating plans, making sure there’s an empty seat between each desk.
For workers used to interacting on open plan floors, sanitising office life and boosting remote working could limit their opportunity to swap ideas and weaken company culture. It also makes integrating new staff more difficult.
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