The office table is the most utilitarian office furniture in the work place. It designates a work area and is the usual place where most work is done. Most often, information about the business passes through to be analyzed and created using other business machines such as the computer and the phone. Ubiquitous as it is, the office table also signifies power. Here are some of the signs that you have greater power in the office through the type of table you have at work.

1) Staff or clerical tables

These are the most numerous and common ones at the office. Usually made of a pallid color and situated near the entrance, these tables play host to the staff of the lowest rung of the office hierarchy. The table is often strewn with office papers piled high for the clerk to work on. Also, they are quite small enough to hold the papers and writing instruments. It is situated nearest the entrance and is the first line of personnel for the clients to see and speak with as they come into the office. They are the workers deemed to follow the office protocol set forth by the company.

2) Supervisor tables

These are tables with a view of the staff or clerical tables. Bigger than the staff table, these ones boast of a wider area for office equipment and paperwork. They are situated within ear shot of the subordinate's tables for ease of access to the workers and vice versa. Aside from the usual office machinery such as a computer and a phone, the supervisor's table often times has a partition and a seat for a guest in the area. This is the set up so that confidential discussions between subordinate and superior can be made. With this table comes a bigger responsibility over the goings on in the work area.

3) Executive tables

Executive tables are the most imposing of all the tables in the office. Usually made of a dark colored hardwood with a polished veneer, this table is large and is usually situated in a corner with a window as its backdrop. It is reserved in an office usually in the deep recesses of the office. Paired with the executive table is a leather chair and a couple of guest chairs across the table. Also, on the table is the top of the line office equipment and phone line. But the executive table is not a stand alone table. Usually beside it are smaller tables where the paperwork is filed for eventual distribution.

As you can see, the higher you are on the totem pole in the office, the bigger the table you have. Furthermore, the lower rung officers have more papers on their table compared to the executive officers. So clerical tables, supervisor tables and executive tables signify the weight you pull in the office. In the end, all the tables are work areas and when working in unison provide the business with the information needed to succeed.