As employees return, flexibility is key to post-pandemic workspace
CHRIS HUBBUCH
Updated
Kari Lauritsen, leadership and professional development director, meets with employees working remotely from a workstation at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters.
In March 2020, as stay-home orders forced businesses and offices to close, leaders at American Family Insurance were trying to figure out how to keep most of their 13,200 employees safe and productive at home.
American Family Insurance has converted most of its office to an "activity-based" workspace, where employees can meet or reserve individual spaces as needed.
An individual and paired working zone at American Family Insurance's headquarters in Madison, where about 50 employees are testing out new workplace designs.
A sign identifies an open workspace at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters. After using the table, employees can flip over the sign to display the message "sanitize me."
Lockers are available for employee use at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters. The company has done away with most assigned workstations, anticipating most employees will work from home two to three days a week.
Prior to the pandemic, about three-quarters of American Family Insurance’s space was devoted to individual workstations, and the rest to meeting spaces. The new design reverses that ratio.
Kari Lauritsen, leadership and professional development director, meets with employees working remotely from a workstation at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters.
American Family Insurance has converted most of its office to an "activity-based" workspace, where employees can meet or reserve individual spaces as needed.
An individual and paired working zone at American Family Insurance's headquarters in Madison, where about 50 employees are testing out new workplace designs.
Prior to the pandemic, about three-quarters of American Family Insurance’s space was devoted to individual workstations, and the rest to meeting spaces. The new design reverses that ratio.
A sign identifies an open workspace at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters. After using the table, employees can flip over the sign to display the message "sanitize me."
Lockers are available for employee use at American Family Insurance's Madison headquarters. The company has done away with most assigned workstations, anticipating most employees will work from home two to three days a week.
