Your building may be grand. As basic as benches seem, they support positive lingering and contribute to your employees' outdoor life. Employees have places to eat lunch. Carpool & bus riders have places to wait. And for those promoting collaboration, it provides a great rendezvous point.
Portable benches are available so that they can be moved to areas they are most needed.
Plus, benches do not need to be boring. See below for some attractive examples.
