I don't work at the moment, unfortunately, but I've never really had problems taking figs to work. Usually though, it's a small selection (two or three figs) at a time, and almost always for drawing reference during breaks. I've never taken them to work and left them there - what if I wanted to play with 'em when I got home?
Currently I have two of the crappy transformable card figures at my desk, they're something to play around with and still something I wouldn't miss if I lost them. I could possibly get some Legends but they all look crappy and wouldn't be much fun anyway.
i work at starbucks and i've gotten in the habit of showing off to another fellow toy collector dude and we always put them by the registers, it gives people a good smile, just like when I brought Gizmo to work.
I have what I call the no more room at home collection here at work. It grows every couple of months. Latley its been slow without any new stuff but that will change with Animated and Universe in the Summer.