Facility Managers and Space Planners are responsible for keeping costs low by maintaining only the number of desks necessary to get work done. However, the business units they serve--the profit centers of the organization--count on the FMs and planners to accommodate growth quickly and house new hires when sales pick up. Department heads and lines of business don’t want to hear a facility manager saying they don’t need all 300 desks on the fifth floor. Every department thinks they need all they’ve been given and more… just to be safe. But carrying extra space is at least $10,000 per year per unused desk.
Read more: How do you convince business units and departments they don’t need all that Swiss cheese?
