From: About.com Career Planning
Office temperature is a real hot-button issue (pun entirely
intended). A careerbuilder.com survey revealed that ten percent of
workers report they have fought with a co-worker over the office
temperature. One-third of workers say office temperature affects
their productivity: 22% of workers surveyed said it is too
difficult to concentrate if their work environment is too hot,
while 11% said they can't concentrate if it's too cold. Office
Temperature and Productivity originally appeared on About.com
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