For better or worse, desk bombing is part of the IRL office experience

The emergence of the term desk bombing can be linked to the rise in remote working and other new ways of organising work. — AFP Relaxnews

The office has always been a place for social interaction. But the rise of remote working has profoundly transformed the role of the workplace as a social space, as evidenced by the term desk bombing. Indeed, this word highlights the anxiety experienced by some employees who have become all too used to emails and other collaborative communication tools.

From coffee breaks to untimely conversations, the office is synonymous with all kinds of distractions. While employees have long put up with this situation (with varying degrees of enthusiasm), some have become more unyielding. They don’t like it when their colleagues interrupt them in their work, whether it’s to talk about work or anything else. And that phenomenon has a name: desk bombing.