But the misplaced chairs and corporate blandness of white collar work are here to stay ... At first, in The Office’s American life, the show was rather too cutting for audience’s taste.

This poster, from Chicago-based Mather & Co., a major producer of posters at the time, targets white-collar workers who might be doing whatever the 1920s version of screwing around on Reddit was.

Whether you were a secretary or a CEO, looking polished at work was a must. From pantsuits and heels to suspenders and full-blown suits, the American office was a place to wear your very finest ...

the American workplace is also about to change beyond recognition. Clerks seated at ranks of identical desks dominate this 1915 photograph of a Washington, D.C. office. A male supervisor stands on ...

The Office, a comedy about a jumble of oddball workers trying to get along in a claustrophobic environment, is a phenomenon of our times, a period when the American workforce is more diverse than ...

Stockbyte/istockphotoIn the 1970s American workplace, wood-paneled offices, typewriters, and vintage technology ruled the day. Back then, smoking indoors was the norm, dress codes were sharp (let ...