Goodbye office space? The shrinking American cubicle

Did you Know?

- The average office space has shrunk over the past 20 years
- Mobile technology and slow economy have caused some companies to downsize cubicles
- Lighter, smaller cubicle furniture is in demand, experts say
- More community and group spaces in the workplace can generate collaboration

If you feel like your cubicle walls are closing in around you, you may be right. A combination of the troubled economy and the influx of mobile technology is changing the workplace landscape. Literally. Companies across the country are shrinking those boxed-in work areas or scrapping the notion of the once-ubiquitous cubicles altogether.

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05 March 2012
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