The Return of the Office Cafeteria Means More Social Workplaces

The House of Communication’s cafeteria allows 1700 employees from 40 separate agencies in three different buildings to get to know each other better in one large shared space. Image © Mark SeelenThe atmospheric sadness of a typical office ‘kitchen’ – and by kitchen I mean an old kettle, two rusty spoons (both missing) and three flimsy chairs around a one-person table – can be the root of much employee unrest. But when the alternatives mean either walking throug