Deafened by sales calls, sneezed on by colleagues and itching to find some privacy? Welcome to the uncomfortable reality of the workplace for millions.

销售电话多到震耳耳聋，旁边同事一直打喷嚏，皮痒痒想多找点私人空间。欢迎来到数百万职场人士都倍感不适的办公现实。

More than merely uncomfortable, actually. Numerous studies have shown interior design can have a significant impact on workers’ productivity and wellbeing.

事实上，现实还远不止难受。众多研究显示，室内设计对员工的工作效率还有幸福感都有绝对的影响。

“Environment is an important driver of people’s work behaviour,” said Linda Slowik, a professor of psychology at the University of Detroit Mercy, in Detroit, Michigan. “What organisations need to do is to provide a space where people feel as effective as possible.”

密歇根州底特律大学的心理学教授琳达·什洛维克说：“环境对人们的工作表现具有重要促进作用，社团组织需要做的是提供一个让大家觉得能人尽其才的空间。”

Employees are 50% less productive when they think other people can look over their shoulder and see what they’re doing on their computers or mobile devices, according to a 2013 study from global technology company, 3M.

根据国际技术公司3M在2013年所做的一项调查显示，如果职员认为其他人可以从背后看到他，进而看到自己在电脑或手机上的所为，那么他的工作效率会减少百分之五十

A 2013 survey by by Gensler, a global architecture firm, found that more than half of workers in open office spaces are distracted by their co-workers.

2013年，环球建筑公司根斯勒的一项调查显示，一半以上的员工在开放的办公环境下会受同事的影响而分心。

Is your office environment making you less productive? Click on the arrows above to find out.

你的办公室环境会不会让你效率降低?请点击上方的箭头寻求答案吧。