I wonder if there might be a balancing process here.
puts on rose glasses
might it be that companies start to buy adequate office space and provision for their workers so as to make life in the office bearable again?
I started my career in an open plan office - so not halcyon days or something. But when I started I had a decent area, meaningful partitions and lots of deskspace. I had a cupboard and some draws.
Just before I went remote I was down to a space big enough for a laptop and a mouse and to pull my chair into. I was opposite another worker with no partition and had people on both sides of me. Sure I was paid 5x more in real terms than when I started... but conditions were dreadful.
puts on rose glasses
might it be that companies start to buy adequate office space and provision for their workers so as to make life in the office bearable again?
I started my career in an open plan office - so not halcyon days or something. But when I started I had a decent area, meaningful partitions and lots of deskspace. I had a cupboard and some draws.
Just before I went remote I was down to a space big enough for a laptop and a mouse and to pull my chair into. I was opposite another worker with no partition and had people on both sides of me. Sure I was paid 5x more in real terms than when I started... but conditions were dreadful.