In bad news for those set to return to work, open-plan offices may make people less productive and satisfied.
Having a desk looking out on too many other people makes it harder to concentrate and work productively, a study has found.
People lose out when sitting next to a wall rather than a window. And those assigned a desk with too many people behind them also appear to lose focus and feel less like one of the team.
The results suggest that, in offices just as in restaurants and pubs, people prefer to sit with their back to the wall rather than out in the middle.
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by Jodi Helmer, AARP, April 28, 2021 |
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En español | As the number of people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine increases, Tami Hackbarth knows the calls will start coming in: invitations from friends who want to meet for dinner, go to the movies or see live concerts.
But to Hackbarth, after months of limiting her social interaction, the idea of that increased interaction causes anxiety. There s an expectation that we re going to do things inside again,” says Hackbarth, 51, of Sacramento, California. “I break into a sweat thinking about it.”
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Nearly a third of people who have been in hospital suffering from Covid-19 are readmitted for further treatment within four months of being discharged, and one in eight of patients dies in the same period, doctors have found.
The striking long-term impact of the disease has prompted doctors to call for ongoing tests and monitoring of former coronavirus patients to detect early signs of organ damage and other complications caused by the virus.
While Covid is widely known to cause serious respiratory problems, the virus can also infect and damage other organs such as the heart, liver and kidneys.
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