The news headlines about what perks or elements of office design make for a great employee experience seem to be dominated by fads — think treadmill desks, nap pods, and “bring your dog to work day” for starters.called “The Employee Experience” reveals the reality is that employees crave something far more fundamental and essential to human needs.
, more than half of employees report better overall well-being as “very important” to them. In the same survey, work-life balance and overall well-being were determined to be the second most important factor when choosing to work for an organization. When employees are fulfilled in all aspects of their well-being, this leads to increased employee engagement and increases individual performance.
Research by Cornell University Professor Dr. Alan Hedge reinforces the connection of natural light and employee wellbeing. Dr. Hedge’s recent researchfound optimization of natural light in an office significantly improves health and wellness among workers. In fact, this research revealed that workers in daylight office environments reported a 51% drop in the incidence of eyestrain, a 63% drop in the incidence of headaches and a 56% reduction in drowsiness.
Too often, organizations design workspaces for executives with large windows while lower level employees do not have access to light. But it doesn’t have to be this way.has pushed the limits of designing its customer call center operation in Portland, Oregon.
Yes. And clean air.
We are so ready. Can't wait. Always had CCTVs at work for body language study. Will be great to have in new places too. Good for companies to avoid any issues. It will be a fight of relevance not what exactly said. How many words like 'Bark', 'criminal' were repeated and by whom
Very surprised. I really thought Bud Light would have topped the list.
That is quite depressing actually. Says alot about the conditions people work in and what they forgo! Glad this study was done
Wow. This is actually required by law in Germany.
Amen.❤❤❤
Actually not for sun light itself but for the prestige of the office location 🙄
You get it The single greatest benefit of WFH for me is catching morning & evening sunlight in the winters, when I would otherwise be traveling underground.
Its much better then busch light.
Especially when considering:
It comes with a feeling of comfort, Makes you feel calm. I feel there's correlation between sunlight and emotion.