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So you've got your office space leased, the interior walls are all where
they need to be, but it seems a little empty...because it has no furniture!
Your employees can't sell Oshawa real estate if they have nowhere to sit,
so pack up your company credit card and head for the mall, because we're
going on a major office furniture shopping spree. But before you get too carried
away, print off this list of hints and tips for making your office furniture shopping
list. That way you can be sure you won't forget anything or buy vast amounts
of extravagant equipment that's going to put you in the red before you even
get started.
Who are you trying to impress?
The first thing you need to figure out before you buy anything at all is who's
going to be seeing the furniture and what sort of impression you want to make
on them. If you're a Toronto SEO company, you can generally get away with
inexpensive furnishings for your writing and programming department, because
search engine optimization clients won't be finding their way down there.
However, for a public relations firm, clients will be tramping through your
office on a regular basis, and you don't want them to think you're
cheap.
Don't Forget the Walls
A major staple of the modern office is the cubicle wall. We all know what they
look like. Chest-high metal frames with fabric coverings, which come in sections
approximately 2 meters long so that you can arrange them like play blocks to
form 'offices' for your employees. Each cubicle is approximately the same size
as the linen closet in a Toronto condo. In fact, they're so common
that people tend to forget that they count as furniture, so put some on your
list, unless you want your employees pushing their desks together and making
your office look like a police squad room.
Sitting is Underrated
You may think chairs are chairs, but chairs are probably the most important
piece of office furniture you're going to buy. Answering customer queries
about vacuum pump systems all day can be tedious for your employees, but if
you buy uncomfortable chairs to save money, your employee satisfaction rating
is going to be nonexistent. Comfortable chairs make people want to put their
bums in them, and bums that stay in chairs do more work than bums that spend
all day wandering around visiting neighboring cubicles. So test all the chairs
and buy the best one that fits in your budget.
Form vs Function
Pretty or modern furniture makes your office look upscale, which is good for
your wedding rental Oakville office. But embellish within reason. If your employees
can't find your expensive hidden armoire file cabinets and the shag carpeting
jams the wheels of the mail delivery trolley, you're choosing image over
productivity. Reign in your extravagant instincts by testing everything out
in-store before you buy, making sure everything you bring back both has a purpose
and is user-friendly.
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