According to a survey of over 7,000 professionals by LinkedIn, the following 10 office items and practices are most likely to disappear within the next 5 years: 1. Tape recorders 2. Fax machines 3. Rolodex contact books 4. Standard working hours, desk phones, and desktop computers 5. Formal business attire, cubicles, and corner offices for managers and executives 6. USB thumb drives are also predicted to become obsolete.

1. LinkedIn’s Top Ten List
of an Office’s
Endangered Species
According to more than 7,000
professionals surveyed by LinkedIn,
these 10 office items
and practices could disappear
in the next 5 years.
1. tape recorder 2. fax machines 3. the rolodex
4. standard
5. desk phones
working hours
7. formal 8. corner office
6. desktop business attire for managers
computers suites, ties, pantyhose, etc. & executives
10. usb
9. cubicles thumb drives
Office tools and trends most likely
not to be seen in offices by 2017
Fax Machines
The Rolodex
Standard Working Hours
Desk Phones
Desktop Computers
USB Thumb Drives
Tape Recorders
Formal Business Attire
The Corner Office
Cubicles
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Tell us what office items and practices
you think will be extinct in 5 years.
Source
http://press.linkedin.com/News-Releases/131/The-Cubicle-Dinosaurs-Tape-
Recorders-and-Fax-Machines-Top-LinkedIn-s-List-of-Office-Endangered-Species
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