Your Workplace Environment
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
According to a recent survey, 25 percent of respondents said they were unhappy with their physical work environment. They said their offices are cramped, noisy, smelly, lacking in natural light, short on privacy or poorly ventilated. A happy employee is a productive employee, so it would be in a company’s best interest to offer pleasant surroundings to their workers. Here are some of the improvements the respondents would make:
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37% would like windows that could be opened
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16% would choose brightly coloured walls
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11% wanted more attractive colleagues
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7% were interested in a more pleasant smell
Although more attractive co-workers would be appreciated by both sexes, I’m pretty sure there are laws and policies that condemn hiring based on physical appearance (unless you work in the porn industry). The only thing I would change about my work environment is the stool on which I sit. The Jack studio is pretty cool - great posters, lots of natural light - but my stool is difficult to adjust and causes me some neck strain. If I adjust the stool to the appropriate height to avoid any strain, then my feet don’t reach the comfort bar and just dangle there, eventually falling asleep.
How’s the physical environment at your job? Is it conducive to your line of work or does it make you want to go postal? Is it modern and inspirational? Has it been updated since the 70’s? Have your say by clicking on the No Comments/Comments link at the bottom. Today’s Jack Nation bonus code is DATEDDECOR. It’s good until June 28th.