shared desk

Unassigned office seating

A shared desk is a workspace not assigned to any single person, available for whoever needs it on a given day.

The arrangement is common in offices where employees split time between remote and in-person work: I don't have my own office anymore—just a shared desk when I come in.

Also called a hot desk.

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Opposites
workspace exclusivity

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Individual enclosed workspace

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Top 500,000
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