The “work trend” in wardrobes of the ages is hot! Office workers love quiet, private spaces.

the main points:

• The trend of working in pods or private booths is gaining popularity in companies around the world. In some offices, employees fight over the use of private kiosks, forcing them to impose time limits.
• Since post Covid working in the office is harder. Many employees are unable to fully focus on their work. Amidst all the noise around you, these small tanks help you focus more.
• But at the same time this trend also makes camaraderie among co-workers. And the fun in the office is reduced as well.

The Wall Street Journal reported that a few years ago the trend of working in capsules or private kiosks is gaining popularity in companies around the world. As a result, this type of product sells better and is more popular. Causing the North American office furniture industry to be worth $24 billion.

Pods or special booths It looks similar to an old public telephone booth. There is a tight space. They can fit a small table and chair for one person to use, and most also come with noise-cancelling features. Major manufacturers include Room, Nook, Framery, etc., and these companies are growing rapidly.

• The trend of working in private booths is strong because employees cannot concentrate while working in an office with a lot of noise around them.

The trend of working in private kiosks is very popular from 2021 to 2023, with their popularity continuing to rise. For example, DEPT, a digital marketing agency with 30 offices spread across five continents, is one company that has found that its employees really enjoy working in these small cubicles.

David Whiting, a staff member in the Department of Public Policy Management, said he oversaw and prepared the Boston office. In order to prepare for employees' return to work in the office in 2022, they ordered modern sofas, chairs and high tables. But when employees return to work in the office, they instead ignore the furniture. He then transitioned into use and has since removed some of the furniture and added more private booths to meet demand.

Employees who love working in Pods say that since post-Covid, working in the office is harder. They cannot focus on their work amidst all the chatter and noise around them, so working in these small cubicles helps them focus more.

• Big trend! In an age where people don't like to be disturbed while working.

Matthew Allen, managing director of CrowdComms, a UK-based event technology company, said he had become accustomed to working in near-silent offices during the pandemic. But now that most of my coworkers are back in the office everything is chaotic and noisy. Especially the sound of the phone ringing all the time. It bothered him so much that he had to order special booths to reduce the noise.

This is a big trend, said Janet Pogue McLaurin, director of global workplace research at architecture and design firm Gensler. Privacy in the workplace has never been more important. Many of its clients including major companies like Amazon are adding special kiosks and different private areas. In their offices more (twice more than in pre-pandemic offices)

Many offices have this phenomenon as well. Employees like to work in private, quiet areas. More and more in some offices, there have been instances of employees fighting over the use of private kiosks, to the point that the company had to issue regulations forcing the use of these kiosks with limited hours per person.

• In another angle the fact that different people work makes the office atmosphere no longer enjoyable.

While there are some employees who like private booths, others see things differently. They felt that this made the working atmosphere in the office worse. The way everyone works quietly in their own booths. It actually makes eavesdropping and gossip less likely. But at the same time it creates camaraderie among co-workers. And less fun in the office too, some people say private booths are cramped and uncomfortable spaces. In addition, ventilation is not good.

That's according to Christine Auclair, a biomedical researcher in San Francisco, who says these private work booths are weird. It felt like we were dying. You see work among co-workers in an office that is sometimes noisy. It's better for the body and mind.

In the same direction, one study conducted by Dr. Esther Sternberg, director of the Institute for Place, Well-Being and Performance at the University of Arizona, found that people become stressed when the environment around them is too quiet and too noisy, so the comfortable working level should be around 45 decibels.

However, there is another office furniture that can bridge the middle between “working in an open space in the midst of chaos” and “working in a quiet private space in private booths” is a working desk arrangement with space boundaries. (A work desk with a fabric panel around it to separate the area.) It helps cut out some of the noise. But it wasn't quiet. Employees can work in privacy but are not too isolated from society. Maybe working in a place like this is good for your mind and work efficiency.