Workplace Effectiveness Has Declined, People in Unassigned Seating are Struggling the Most / Gensler’s 2020 U.S. Workplace Survey

by Mallory Budy | March 9th, 2020

Of the many annual, quarterly and topical reports regularly put forth by design firms, one of our favorites is Gensler’s Workplace Surveys. Starting in 2005, the firm has published a series of Workplace Survey reports covering the disparate workplaces of various corners of the world. What we like in particular about the Gensler reports is their willingness to tackle very specific issues, rather than succumbing to pressure to include every popular topic and buzz word of the moment. Gensler’s recently released “U.S. Workplace Survey 2020”, continues that focus, and last week we caught up with Janet Pogue, Workplace Leader and Principal at Gensler, who oversaw the creation of the report, to chat about its findings. “With every one of these studies through the years, we have had a core set of questions that we pose that remains constant,” said Ms. Pogue. “But with every survey, we also try to focus …