Cubicles are the easiest and most cost-efficient way to account for such changes, says Valbona. Say you lay off a couple of people because your company is moving in a different direction and you need different cubes to accommodate the new employees. You can easily reconfigure. It's like building blocks. You can reconfigure to the shape, the size, all the needs that are required for your new facility, your new philosophy, your new target market.
Flexibility is a notable characteristic of furniture popular in open office systems.
Perhaps it's because we're moving into the 21st century where we're moving so quickly that the furniture now has wheels. Furniture does have to keep up with rapidly increasing technology, says Valbona. The workplace cubicle invasion is being accompanied by its own lingo. An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee head count, leaving the top brass with clean hands. The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.