The millennials have arrived - with their tech - and they're killing off traditional office design. So say goodbye to cubicles, open-plan offices and, for those who managed to climb the corporate ladder, a boardroom, a corner office and their own smoking balcony. Millennials, according to consulting group Deloitte, are those who were born between 1982 and 2000, grew up with personal computers and are either in the early stages of their careers or going to start work in the next few years. Their arrival - and the impact of new technology - is driving, among other things, new designs for office layouts. As many as half of South Africa's office workers are part of the millennial generation, says Jonathan Hall, marketing director at workplace design consultancy Tower Bridge. Graeme Codrington, a strategy consultant and co-founder of TomorrowToday Global, said: "Essentially, offices which are being built now or in the next few years will need to accommodate people of various working age ...
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