noun
free-address office; hot-desking system
A Japanese office concept where employees do not have fixed desks and can choose where to sit each day. Wasei-eigo from English 'free address'.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from free address
当社ではフリーアドレスを導入して、社員が自由に席を選べるようにした。
Our company introduced a free-address system so that employees can freely choose their seats.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some materials.
ホットデスク is a similar concept but often implies sharing desks on a first-come, first-served basis without personal storage, while フリーアドレス may still allow some personalization or assigned lockers.
Wasei-eigo from English 'free address'. The term is not used in English with this meaning; it was coined in Japan to describe a flexible seating office layout.