ghostfloor
/ˈɡəʊstˌflɔː/nounVerified NewAn office floor, wing, or block kept leased and empty because the headcount that justified it never returned.
The lights run on schedule, the plants are watered, and the meeting rooms book themselves for calls taken from home. The ghostfloor is hybrid work's monthly invoice: rent paid for atmosphere.
Etym. — ghost + floor: premises that remain on the books after the people have gone.
Rel. — badgetithe · deskhomestead
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