Things to Avoid When Buying Furniture for your Office

The average Singaporean spends 46 hours per week at work. That’s an average of 92 days a year or 3 months in a year. This is why companies need to invest on their office space to make it enjoyable for employees who spend a lot of their days at work.

Office space contributes a lot to an employee’s motivation. But still a lot of companies make mistakes when designing their office space. What mistakes are these and how can you avoid it? These are just some of the things we’re going to attempt to answer in this article. 

• 1.       Office space isn’t designed for work efficiency.

Nowadays, office spaces need to be open to allow for employees to be communicative with one another. This allows them to conduct meetings much faster. With partitions up, employees are less likely to communicate with one another. Meetings become very forced and formal that might reduce work efficiency significantly

• 2.       Health and comfort isn’t taken into consideration.

With employees spending a lot of time sitting down, investing in ergonomic seats are a must for all companies. Sitting down for a long period of time is actually very damaging to the body.  Invest in ergonomic designs to improve your employees’ posture and in doing so improve their health in the workplace.

Office furniture in Singapore pays great attention to comfort and productivity in the workplace. Comfort also improves work efficiency significantly. When employees are comfortable in the workplace they are most likely to be productive. Test out the chairs, tables, and fabrics before making any commitments to buying it. 

• 3.       Disregarding long-term plans.

Some companies design their workplace to accommodate their current employees but pay very little attention to future plans of the company. Furniture the office is such a huge investment that they have to be able to adapt to future expansions. Assess your current needs and the future growth of your company. Go for timeless furniture pieces instead of trendy items that will eventually get old in a few months. 

• 4.       Poor quality materials and furniture.

Cheap office furniture doesn’t really translate to high quality. Poor quality breaks faster and requires constant maintenance and servicing. Office furniture is an investment and cheap furniture is making a bad one. Sure, it’s a bargain but it’ll end up costing a lot more if you add in the furniture plus the maintenance and servicing. Not to mention eventually having it replaced a lot sooner than high quality furniture. 

• 5.       Not planned in advance.

Designing an office should be planned in advance. To save money, make deals with trusted vendors and avoid making deals with less known vendors. A leather sofa in Singapore might not be the same as the quality of one made in China. Most importantly, don’t buy too much furniture. Storing unused furniture is a maintenance problem waiting to happen and it is an unnecessary expense. 

Furniture can make all the difference in an office. Keeping your employees in mind as well as the future of your company may save you a lot of time and money.