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Infographic: LinkedIn's office trends over the next five years

September 25, 2012, 9:38 AM PDT

Takeaway: What office trends will be gone and which will be commonplace in the next five years?

When an office tool starts to lose its appeal, it’s not long before it’s shunned to the back of your desk drawer with last year’s hottest smartphone. With this in mind, LinkedIn surveyed more than 7,000 members to find out what workplace tools are starting to gather dust. The findings also reveal what technology and practices professionals predict will become commonplace in the next five years.

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Good question.

CharlieSpencer_Palmetto 25th Sep

I haven't seen a rolodex or tape recorder in the workplace since those years that began with '19'. We still have half a dozen fax numbers I'd love to kill, but they're on multipurpose printers; I haven't seen a stand alone fax this century either. We use a third-party faxing service for those antiquated contacts that haven't figured e-mail or don't get that a physical pen-and-ink signature is NOT a legal requirement.

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Sunlight? Check. Ping-pong? Check.

jlnewmark@... 28th Sep

When my previous company moved to a new corporate office back in 2007, we built our own and went LEED Gold. 90% of the staff sat near (or in sight of) floor-to-ceiling windows -- the VPs had their offices on the inside walls by their own request, because they were in so many meetings that they were rarely IN their offices. Each floor had a ping-pong room, too.

Personally, the one I want the most is the nap room, especially for about 30 minutes after lunch. I would work SO much better throughout the rest of the day -- and probably stay later, too.

Standard work hours won't go away as long as manufacturing works in shifts and service industries exist and held desks need to be staffed. But the flexibility to work split shifts, odd hours, or work from home is definitely on the rise and I see that continuing.

Desk phones are going away because many enterprise phone systems can now work right on your computer. Why buy an expensive phone system AND headsets when all you really need is a headset and the soft phone -- which will work from anywhere the computer can get on the company network? At home? Check. In a hotel? A client site? Starbucks? Check, check and check if you've got VPN or similar technology.

Fax machine? It's part of the multifunction unit that also prints, copies and scans. Rolodex? Only in my father's office -- but then, he's 80.

Tape recorder? I have an app for that...

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Fairbs 27th Sep

I worked for a filing system company somewhere between 90-95 and we were looking into what has now become document management systems and the elusive quest for the paperless office. Anyway at that time, certain states held that a copy of any document was not court permissible. I'd guess that's changed some since then. I'd still be cautious in making too many assumptions without being 100% certain especially in a HIPAA or otherwise regulated environment.

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Desk Phone

etittle 27th Sep

I think the desk phone will not disappear within the next 5 years or even 10 because many businesses with multiple offices and buildings will need them; how else will they have interoffice communications?. I don't see companies buying cell phones for all their employees.

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Once logged in, adding contacts is simple. Just mouse over any member's photo or click any member's name then click the "Follow" button. You can easily manage your contacts within your account contacts page.

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