Office Furniture Blog

"From Backpack Days to Paycheck Days—Lockers Still Belong." In today’s professional world, worker comfort is at the forefront of business design. From standing mats for retail workers to ergonomic furniture for office staff, everything is considered. One of the original worker comforts is lockers Employees have needed a secure place to store personal items for as long as businesses have existed. So, it’s no wonder that one of Madison Liquidators’ top brand partners, Tennsco, offers a wide selection of business lockers available on our online marketplace. Most of us began using lockers in grade school, and many of us have used them ever since. (Read More)

Managing Different Generations in the Workplace We've all heard (and made) complaints about how baby boomers want younger people to suck it up, or that Gen Z is too flaky. In the workplace, the complaints are no different. Yet, paying attention to the generalizations we make about each preceding and succeeding generation may be the key for how to build and manage a team while bridging the generational divide. In this article, we'll offer some of the most valuable information on differences between generational talent. Generational Differences in the Workplace 2023 - A Broad View Traditionalists: Prefer written communication, are loyal to their com (Read More)

The challenge of utilizing office space has been a struggle for decades. Sometimes too much open space meant that space was mostly unusable. Until the open office concept came about where individual workstations are placed in these spaces, the only solution was cubicle workstations. Now that open office workstations are the norm in office spaces, cubicle walls panels are used in new ways to help combat the weaknesses that come with an open office layout. With that in mind, this list will provide notable examples of these solutions. Let us discover eight options for utilizing cubicle walls in the workplace to provide separation between workers and to reduce noise in the wo (Read More)

There's something very funny about culture. Whether or not someone tells you directly, you know when to speak, when to help, what not to wear and so forth. So much of what we do has been learned by simply being raised in a particular place and time. But all cultures are like that. If you were to visit another country, you would immediately pick up on things that are different from the way you do them back home. When you ask a local about it, they just laugh and say, 'yeah we do that.'' It was an unspoken rule that you were the first person to voice. It can seem a bit funny when put into words. Whether it's at home, as a guest at another's (Read More)