Does the Open Office Work for Women?
In January 2019, Australian labour workforce statistics showed there were slightly under 6 million women employed in the country. This was a 2.4% increase in 2018, and by November 2019 the number had grown again to 6.117 million. This steady growth has taken place in a market where employment stats for men have shown a slight decline. So it seems women are quickly catching up to men in terms of bringing home the bacon. It also means more and more women are spending their workdays in open plan office areas that have now become the standard in our corporate workplaces, with coworkers sitting side by side at large worktables or at tightly-packed workstations. For years, CEOs around the world have led the drive towards open workspaces as a way of reducing costs and making their employees more productive – open plan environments were and are still viewed as an ideal …
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