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Benching
What is benching in office design?
Benching is an office furniture layout where people sit side by side at long shared desks, or benches, instead of at separate workstations. It uses floor space efficiently and is common in open plan offices, but offers little privacy or personal space.
Pros and cons
- Pro: fits more people in less space
- Pro: easy to reconfigure as teams change
- Con: noise and little privacy
- Con: less personal storage
Benching and shared desks
Benches are often used for shared desks in hybrid offices. Each position along a bench can be treated as its own bookable desk.
How AskCody supports it
With AskCody desk booking, each bench position can be set up as a bookable desk, shown by area on a map and booked from the web portal or the Microsoft add-in.
Frequently asked questions
Is benching the same as hot desking?
No. Benching is a furniture layout. Hot desking is a way of sharing desks, and it can use benches.
How much space does a bench desk take?
It depends on the furniture, but benches typically use less space per person than separate workstations.
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