The cult of impersonal open space, inherited from the 1980s to maximize space and ensure employee productivity, seems to be over. The soulless sets deserted during the pandemic highlighted an outdated organization of work. As teleworking became established after the health crisis, companies quickly considered the return of their employees. How to make you want to come back to the office but perhaps, above all, how to reconnect with the collective after months of professional confinement? The solution, as subjective as it may be, could be found on the side of “beautiful”.
This is what reveals the Paris Workplace Ifop-SFL (Lyon real estate company) study published this Thursday, entitled “Why and how do offices benefit from looking good? » Carried out on a panel of 1,300 Ile-de-France employees, the study commissioned by the real estate company specializing in office real estate shows a direct correlation between the desire to work face-to-face and the aesthetics of the workplace.