OR OFFICE SPACE

Discussion point
Discuss with a partner.
1 Have you had a job or any
paidwork before? Did you
like it? Why/why not? Managers worked in
individual offices,
I worked at ... I liked it while employees
because ... worked in large
open spaces.
2 Which of the office spaces
in the infographic is The three-walled office "booth"
normal in your country? was introduced.
Office booths were
In my country, offices are
abandoned in favor
usually ... of collaborative open
3 What kind ofwork do spaces again.

youwant to dowhen you

finish school? What do
you think the office space
will be like7 Workers were, and still are, grouped
within open spaces according to
I would like to . . . I think what they are working on, and areas
for brainstorming/creative thinking
are introduced around these groups.

Before you watch

Answer the questions with a partner.
1 Are you the kind of personwho prefers a busy city or the peace of the
countryside?
2 Do you prefer to work and study with music or in silence? Why?
3 Have you ever had to share a bedroom or work spacewith anyone?
Whatwas it like?