article about " office utilization "

[Dante-Gabryell Monson]

http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/2008/08/18/fostering-collaboration/

( link found through http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/archives/003482.html - Location-based learning and working )

Consider these stats from well-known companies who undertook surveys of office utilization:

• Bank of America found that office usage rates in some departments were 14% (86% were empty at any given time!)
• Cisco Systems discovered an average office occupancy rate of 35%
• Capital One found assigned desk and office utilization rates as low as 5%.
• Accenture discovered its offices were empty 75% of the time.

While offices were poorly utilized, employees often complained about the lack of meeting rooms or could be found huddled in hallways or crammed into one person's office.