Environment makes a difference

Work-place environment makes a big difference in the health and well-being of the employees and thus has a direct relationship with the productivity of the work-place. It increases employee satisfaction, making companies more successful and reducing the turnover.

What then, are the ingredients to the perfect workplace? Here are a few we are listing out for the benefit of our readers:

Physical Factors:

Location:

Location is one of the prime features of a workplace. The key factors to take care are the accessibility to public transportation, parking spaces, eating places to access for lunch or for meetings and spots for post-office hangouts.

Mixture:

A perfect office space is a mixture of open, semi-private, and closed spaces to cater to meetings, one-on-ones and working needs of individual employees.

Technology:

Workplaces of today must be appropriately designed with today’s technology with preferably wireless access to the internet or a number of Ethernet ports to connect to. The wiring should ideally be covered and the office space should not look like a jungle of wires.

Lights!! :

Ample amount of natural light coming through windows or glass buildings accompanied with right lighting at workstations are big drivers of productivity in the workplace, meaning it’s a must-have for an ideal working environment.

Environmental friendliness:

The best workplaces have LED lightings and smart technologies to avoid power loss. The spaces could also include some greenery which works well both for visual aesthetics and lung spaces. Innovation and growth are also inspired when the surroundings are covered with nature.

Perks:

Playspaces, coffee machines, reading corners, gym etc. There’s always something or the other that you can manage within your own budget. It is with the intention of making employees feel special and making the workspace an enjoyable experience for them.

Non-physical Factors:

High-quality relationships in a workplace are a better way of creating a great workplace than focusing too much on employee benefits, perks and other programs.  Reaching far deeper into people than corporate benefits and cool offices ever can, those relationships are why some workers love their employers and hate to leave and why job applicants will crawl over broken glass to work at those places. What then, are the factors that play a crucial role in building a powerful culture that boosts the health of the workplace?

Mission:

These companies are pursuing a larger purpose, and company leaders make sure no one forgets it. When employees are all pursuing a mission they believe in, relationships get stronger.

Colleagues:

The best people want to go where the best people are. Make quality your top-most priority when it comes to hiring.

Trust:

Show people that you consider them trustworthy, and they’ll generally prove you right. Employer’s trust in employees boosts the employee morale and rarely results in abuse of privileges.

Caring:

Show the care instead of just saying that you care. To show that you care for your employees and their families in the thick and thin times goes a long way in creating an emotionally strong bond that boosts employee productivity.