. >> the proud father of the herman miller incorporated. >> in 1968, the furniture maker herman miller introduced the action office. >> action office offers a full range of completely interchangeable components for all three working environments. >> we know it better today, of course, as the cubicle. fodder for humor, dill bert cartoons, to the 1999 film "office space." ♪ all i gotta do is ♪ >> the cure for the cubicle was a return to the open office. but updated. it became the preferred design for big technology companies. open offices were depickeds as cool and trendy and to encourage collaboration and exchange of ideas. a study found forcing workers to sit side by sided with no privacy actually resulted in a 72% decrease in face-to-face communication. >> is it time to say rest ace, the openyeah. the open office is over. it was already over for a lot of reasons. it was too noisy and you cooperate concentrate and it was well on its way out the door. >> but getting workers back into the office was more than just moving desks further apart. >> to have people make that change after spend

herman miller, that is another big office furniture provider, that stock down 43% year-to-date.s of 174 million in the last earnings report. sales down 29%. these companies are struggling. stuart: they are indeed. thanks, ash. how about office rents, lauren, they have got to be coming down? lauren: big time. cbre says demand for office space is down the most since 2009. since the crisis. rents are down, perks are up. negotiate. we're so close to a vaccine. i bet there are companies saying it is safer to come into the office, forget this remote work. come back in. i would negotiate now if you think your business is one of those businesses that need an office. stuart: fascinating. good segment on work from, who wins, who loses. thanks, everybody. check the market. we've slipped much, down 13 points. >>> a headline from "new york times," will 2020 election be the end of our democracy? we cannot rely on dejoy or trump to play this election straight. well, "wall street journal" guy dan henninger is on the show shortly. >>> my take on tire-maker goodyear, they're facing backlash over