When the economy took a huge downturn in 2008, I was very devastated to lose my job as an office manager. Ever since that happened, I have been looking for another position in an office as a manager, and in the mean time I have been doing jobs that I’ve been highly over qualified. It’s been no fun managing restaurants, but it had to do for the time being. Recently my luck has improved and I found a job at a local office startup. Apparently they had been losing a lot of employees due to the poor management of their former manager, and they want my help to turn things around and lower the turnover rate of employees. I arrived for the interview and quickly cast myself in a favorable light; the interviewers were impressed with my credentials and they could see that I was highly motivated to get back into the business of office managing.
When I started my first day at the office, I could see that I had a lot of work to do. The office equipment was falling apart, looked very uncomfortable, and I could tell that this was a major cause for the low productivity of the workers. The former office manager tried to cut corners on supplying the office with furniture, and the end result was low quality furniture that was stressing out the workers. It’s a good thing I have contact with an excellent commercial design company that can help me find cheap office furniture that will also be ergonomically designed for the comfort and safety of anyone using it. I immediately called them up and discussed my situation with them. They recommended a variety of sources for office furniture to choose from. As I browsed the selections that they presented me, I saw that there were numerous options for used equipment that was still in great condition. I decided the best option would be to buy used cubicle walls and new chairs and desks. My reasoning for this decision was that the cubicle walls would not suffer as much wear and tear as the chairs and desks, so a used cubicle wall would probably be just as good as a new one, not to mention cheaper. Having new chairs and desks would be good because the newer designs are made for more comfort. I know that a comfortable, happy worker is more productive, so this decision was very easy to make.
All the equipment I ordered arrived in no time and we quickly got to work setting up the new equipment and overhauling the office. You would never be able to tell that the cubicles were used, as the company I went through found cubicles for me that were only lightly used but at a very nice, low price. The workers were incredibly happy with their new chairs and desks, and my boss was quite impressed with how quickly things turned around. Thanks to this commercial design company, I think I have a lot of job security with all the great work I’ve done.