A study carried out reveals in particular that human beings are really not very clean (for some people, no need for a study to find out!), that they work in germ nests and that in the end, they would do much better to work from home.
The study, conducted on 1800 Swedish workers, reveals that people who spend three quarters of their day in open offices are 62% more likely to take sick leave than those who work in individual offices.
Another survey conducted this time in Canada reports similar results. Employees who are open plan take an average of 3.1 days of sick leave per year, compared to 1.8 days for those who work from home. Various studies have also shown that working in an open space would increase employee stress, but also the frequency of headaches and respiratory problems linked to a weakened immune system.
"It is a matter of common sense. […] People will cough and exhale in your direction and touch your space. So if you are separated by something, if people do not have access to your workspace, it makes sense that you are less likely to be contaminated "This is what researcher and microbiologist John Noti explains. at Motherboard. Indeed, the transmission of microbes and bacteria is much simpler and more important in an open space.
In addition, we must not forget that the air breathed in offices is very often polluted, this was already revealed in 2000 Bloomberg Businessweek in "Is your office kill ? The American weekly then revealed that the air inside workspaces is a hundred times more polluted than the air outside. Reassuring!
Simply by avoiding getting too close to a sick colleague at first, and above all, washing your hands frequently to limit the spread of germs!
And above all, if you are sick, stay at home, science says so!
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