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Telecommuting, open space, co-working: coronavirus will change office life

The return to the office after the confinement imposed by the coronavirus forces us to rethink the layout of workspaces with a big winner, remote working, and a victim, the old form of open spaces, according to experts interviewed by AFP.

According to the latest edition, dating from 2017, of the barometer of the quality of life in the office, produced by TNS Sofres and Actineo, three out of five workers (65 per cent ) working in the office are in a closed space, 29 per cent in an open collective space (or "open space") and 6 per cent have no assigned position (shared office or "desk-sharing").

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