Turning employee break rooms into comfortable, friendly spaces has become essential for companies and for team comfort. Here are a few tips to help you design a pleasant break room to enhance employee well-being.
Create a friendly room
The employee lounge has become a very important part of any company. It ensures a positive working atmosphere, enhances employee productivity - and does so for the long term. That's why it's essential to attach importance to the design of employee break rooms. But how do you create a user-friendly space?
- Create an outdoor space: getting some fresh air will always be good for your teams' mental health. If you're lucky enough to have outdoor access close to your employee break room, use it.
- Fun equipment: even if you don't want to spend the whole day playing games, adding a few board games, a foosball table, a pool table or even a library will be beneficial to your employees' well-being. Promoting team leisure activities and animating spaces within your company will create a strong team spirit.
- Hot beverages and snacks available: an employee lounge goes hand in hand with a coffee machine. There's nothing more pleasant than chatting with colleagues over a hot drink about current issues. So it's vital to pay attention to the quality of the beverages on offer. Similarly, making snacks such as fresh fruit available to your employees will always have a positive impact on your teams and bring a boost of energy.
Provide a rest room away from the work area
It's essential that this rest area is located away from the workspace, to create a real spatial break. It's important to reduce the noise nuisance that could emanate froman open-space office. It also makes a real difference between break time and work time.
What about the dining area?
It's important to think about the layout of a company's lunch area. This area should also be separate from your relaxation and work areas, toavoid imposing kitchen smells on those who are resting or working.
Provide comfortable furnishings
Just as it's important to attach importance to the layout of your professional offices, it's essential to offer your employees a rest room that's comfortable and pleasant.
Relaxing decor
Designing a break room for employees involves decorating it in such a way as to give your staff a feeling of relaxation and well-being. Think about using soft colors or warm tones with sober, designer decorative objects. A well-decorated space will stimulate employees' creativity.
Which furniture for a break room?
Choose ergonomic and comfortable furniture for this room reserved for employees: comfortable armchairs, a sofa, plants and different light sources can help boost employee productivity and create a true corporate culture, as well as improving employee recuperation.
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