balance privacy (2x) increase communication feedback on ideas

teams work comfort phone calls creating an honest

annoying habits collaboration distractions less furniture
environment working remotely sense of togetherness
with clients traditional workstations

Listen and complete the sentences.

1. Companies wanted to remove the metaphorical wall between their employees to

_______________ and ___________________.

2. As a result of this, office workers would interact more, working more efficiently,
______________________, transparent work ___________________.

3. On the other hand in open offices we lose in ______________ and _____________.

4. The benefits of open offices are _______________________, creating more

opportunities for collaboration. Decisions are reached quicker face to face with
instant _____________________.

5. Open offices are also more cost effective than ______________________ and
private offices because they require _________________________.

6. Open offices are also very flexible and this will increase the opportunity of
_______________________ and meeting __________________.

7. The biggest drawback of open offices is the lack of __________________. For

example you can easily overhear ________________ being made by others.

8. Another thing to consider are _________________ such as employee

conversations, phone calls and ________________________ by your co-workers.
Those things can distract you easily from your work.

9. Lack of face to face interaction, could also be a drawback. In other words, an

increase in email and instant messaging affects how _______________________.

10. Finding the _____________________ between open and closed office spaces is
the key for an organization.