Some companies took “open” in open office so literally, they forgot about the value of private areas. Looking to make the best of your open office? Robin can help. We created a list of open office hacks that can help alleviate the top complaints around the open office experience: lack of privacy, lack of control and too much noise. Hearing this kind of flack from employees can make it feel like you need to completely overhaul your workplace to make it work effectively. At the receiving end of most open office-related grievances, it can feel like there’s no way for them to dig out of the mountain of “I can’t hear myself think”, “I feel like I’m in a fishbowl”, “what do you mean I can’t take an hour and a half long call by myself in our largest conference room?” type complaints. Every single complaint about their open office is heard.The kombucha on tap is the perfect amount of fizzy.

All the sit-stands desks are sitting and standing.

Each employee has the exact combination of eighty-seven cords they need to connect their laptop to their monitor to their phone to their charger to the flux capacitor.

Everyone has seen their office manager sprint around the office making sure:

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