Your staff spend most of their waking hours at work. This means that their office or workspace is the place they are most likely to spend the vast majority of their week. So it cannot hurt to make it as exciting a place to be as possible can it? Earlier this week WalesOnline reported on a fantastic office that took this idea and ran with it!

 

Featuring a treehouse, a bar and a top notch gym, the office space shows exactly what is possible when companies push the limits of their current office space. It also shows the amazing array of options that are available if you are willing to extend your office space as they have done with a mezzanine floor.

 

What is the benefit?

 

Clearly the extensive building modifications were expensive. Although there was no cost quoted, it would be sensible to assume that the modifications cost the company a large sum. So the question needs to be asked – what is the benefit? A spokesperson for the company said: “We are recruiting 25 people every month. More people means more space, hence the move to the top floor.

 

“When we designed the office, we designed it with additional space to allow us to expand. We are currently fitting out the top floor of the building ready to accommodate new members to the team.

 

“Our building is also incredibly eco-friendly and state-of-the-art so we future proofed the building at the very start of the design process.”

 

The benefit certainly appears to be that the company has taken the decision to future-proof their business and embrace the growing nature of it. With 3,000 applicants for jobs last year, the company also appears to be a very desirable place to work for would be staff. This allows them to be selective in their hiring process and ensures that they get the pick of the most talented staff available from the local area. The company insist that they never actually even need to advertise for staff and receive speculative applications at an astonishing rate. This also means that their costs to hire staff are staggeringly low.

 

What does this mean for my business?

 

Clearly we are not expecting every business to take the approach that this business has. The company has decided that its premises is the centrepiece of the business and they have taken a rather extreme approach. But it does offer the possibility for you to reframe the way that you see your premises. It is easy to see an office as purely a place to go and work, but these days it can help to see it as a hub where your staff spend the vast majority of their working hours. With this in mind, you can help to create a very different workplace that staff will love. This can help to significantly reduce stress, staff turnover and even sickness. Though hard to put a price on, these benefits over time can make a huge difference to your business. If you would like help designing your workspace or extending it with the use of a mezzanine floor or to get a free no-obligation quote, please call us on 0800 085 1022 or use the form on our contact page and we will get back to you.