Anyone who's traded their pre-pandemic skinny jeans for looser, 1990s-style pants knows the joy of a little more room. Now workers craving extra space are spurring the revival of two more vintage staples: cubicles and private offices. With doors that shut!
Lots of people always hated the "open" office layout designed to foster collaboration. There's nowhere to hang your stuff, nowhere to have a sensitive conversation and nowhere to focus without overhearing colleagues' blabbering. Plus, several studies indicate that the supposed benefits of togetherness and transparency are overrated.