LONDON — Office jobs are never going to be the same. When workers around the world eventually return to their desks, they’ll find many changes due to the pandemic.

Research from office-furniture maker Haworth found that 85 per cent of employees had their own individual workstations before 2020, yet less than half do now. Following years where companies simply ...

The report, from Australian workplace sensor provider XY Sense, found that 36% of so-called workpoints — cubicles and desks — are never occupied, “indicating a general oversupply.” ...

Courtesy of Herman Miller Inc. This 1968 photo shows one of the first uses of the Action Office furniture system. Forty years ago, in an odd-shaped building on South State Street between ...

Alas, Office Scribe may feel lonely, but she’s far from alone. Mass layoffs throughout corporate America have created cubicle and desk graveyards in office buildings from coast to coast.

Office-furniture makers are racking up sales by persuading companies that newer, more-flexible office layouts can encourage collaboration and, in some cases, cut costs. The trend bodes ill for the ...

Inside the workstation, the Action Office II contained pushpin walls that people could personalize, several levels of shelving, and room for both a standing and sitting desk.

Cubicles and partitions are making a return as the virus speeds the move away from open plan office spaces, architects say. Design firm Bergmeyer is reinstalling dividers on 85 desks at its Boston ...