Modern Office Cubicles
Even during a global pandemic, modern office cubicles enable you to create a workspace your employees will want to escape to, not from. Ethosource can make your workplace come to life, inspiring productivity, creativity, and safe collaboration throughout the day.
Ethosource, headquartered in Morgantown, PA, specializes in high-quality new and used office furniture systems and can supply you with many different design ideas, no matter what type of office space you have in mind.
History of Cubicles
Telecommuting and non-traditional work schedules demand more flexibility in workplace design today. Herman Miller, the company responsible for the award-winning Ethospace frame-and-tile system, has led the industry in cubicle design for decades. The Action Office system they introduced in 1968 revolutionized perceptions about office furniture. Today’s Ethospace system allows for a remarkable number of configurations and customizations, providing every type of business with more choices for creating innovative, modern work environments.
Why Choose Cubicles?
Compared to open-plan offices, cubicles have some notable benefits, including:
- More privacy than an open office: Lack of privacy is the number one source of workplace dissatisfaction. Should you have to hide in a stairwell to take a personal phone call? Perhaps you need to schedule a doctor’s appointment or handle a delicate client negotiation. In an open-plan office, everyone can hear every conversation. Cubicles offer an escape from the prying eyes and ears of coworkers.
- Less noise: The endless hubbub in most open-plan offices – phones ringing, laughing, coughing, noisy keyboards, printer trays slamming, staplers pounding–drives workers crazy. The constant, disruptive noise makes it hard to focus. Today’s new architectural glass products and acoustic door systems provide maximum noise reduction and privacy in a cubicle environment. Think frosted glass and exterior graphics. Think interior privacy blinds. Frame and tile systems, such as Herman Miller’s, offer transparent and translucent window tiles and privacy doors for open and functional yet private workspaces.
- Improved productivity. Many people need private space and silence to get the most out of their workday. Since cubicles are not entirely enclosed, employees can be easily viewed by managers and supervisors, causing many to believe they are less likely to goof off.
- Better relationships with colleagues. Employees sitting near one another can build relationships and readily bounce ideas off one another.
- Freedom for personal expression. Employees who don’t have to share cubicles with others can utilize their wall space for personal expression to enhance the mood of the cubicle design.
- Greater health and safety. Cubicles can be thought of as the ultimate social distancing product. Cubicles and partitions are making a comeback as COVID-19 speeds the move away from open-plan offices.
When you are capable of thinking outside the box, modern office cubicles offer you unlimited possibilities. Explore your options – whether new, pre-owned or refurbished – with Ethosource, the nation’s workplace experts. Call us at (610) 982-1955 or contact us online. We look forward to working with you.