Rethinking Employee Welfare through Modular Furniture Design

COVID-19 has significantly advanced the trend of modern office furniture makers. Work-from-home behaviors were already influencing the contemporary workplace prior to the epidemic, but businesses wanting to return employees to regular and sustainable work patterns are reconsidering modular furniture as a solution.

As the post-COVID office environment approaches, a significant concern for company executives will be managing the workflow between individuals who are returning to the office and those who will continue to work from home for an extended length of time. Rethinking the advantages of modular furniture in offices after coronavirus, here's how to ensure employee safety, and productivity with modular furniture.

Creating A Work Environment That Is Adaptable

While conventional wisdom advocated for a workstation layout that encouraged cooperation, future office space planning will need to account for the fact that any particular area may not be used by the same individuals at the same time. Consider workstations that do not have permanent assignments in light of the potential increase in employees who vary their work schedule between home and the office.

In this case, AB Frank Interiors offers a solution of “hot desking” which allows employees who only come into the office on occasion to find a seat wherever and readily use the company's services and facilities. This would also include giving each workstation access to the business network and organizing common areas so that employees may collaborate in a more dispersed setting. 

Integrating Work And Life

There will be many people attempting to balance work in the office with work at home in the post-COVID office environment. How can this balance be achieved so that they can effectively cooperate with their colleagues and be as productive at home as they are in the office? You'll need to provide your home-based employees with the tools and equipment they need to set up their home office just like a ‘Zoom Room’ in the office.

Aside from connecting your employees virtually it is also great to consider employees working on site. Where in, the feeling of safety could be expressed by “de-densifying” the office space with the right furniture.

Increasing the amount of space required

With all of the talk about workers who are no longer working full-time in the office, one might expect that this would result in a drop in square footage. However, greater work rooms may be required in the future if the modular office furniture is redesigned to meet the flexible nature of the work. 

This goes beyond the requirement for a shared workspace or hotdesking to allow for social distance while individuals deal with diseases like COVID-19 and the flu. More amenity space may be required, whether for a common area or for more office space.

AB Frank Interiors is not only a Davao modular furniture company but also environmentalists. Let us mark the new normal of modular cabinetry not only with beauty and purpose but also with the safety of future generations surviving the Covid-19 pandemic. With helping hands, let us make that modular cabinet or furniture in your kitchen with one call or you may also contact us on our active social media pages.