People keep running into glass doors at Apple's new headquarters

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After Apple employees moved to their brand new headquarters early this year, there's been one major complaint about the building – the glass doors. The doors have led to a series of accidents – people keep on running into them.

The new Apple Visitor Center is seen in Cupertino, California, US. /VCG Photo

Apple's new headquarters was slated to open last year, but most employees began moving into the building at the beginning of this year. After several people inadvertently walked into the doors, employees began using Post-its to mark where walls are, but the sticky notes were soon removed for detracting from the building's design.

The new building is a huge circular shape with glass walls. The internal office spaces are also separated by glass walls. Apple's chief designer, Jonathan Ive has said that the new headquarters is designed to enable people to communicate, collaborate, walk and talk.

The transparency seems to have worked too well, as employees distracted by their phones, often don't see that there's a door or wall in front of them, until it's too late.

People walk in front of a branch of US technology company Apple in Zurich, Switzerland. /VCG Photo

On January 2, two people crashed into the glass, injuring their heads. In addition, one employee wrote on a social networks that seven people walked straight into a glass door on the first day the headquarters was open to the public.

In 2012, an 83-year-old woman filed suit against the company after injuring herself after bumping into a glass surface at an Apple Store. The woman sued Apple for not putting up a warning sign on the glass. The lawsuit ended in a settlement.

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