A company’s work environment is one of the most important factors to generate optimal results. Employees spend long working hours, sometimes even more than 8 hours, inside the office.
It is no secret that an office with adequate facilities and spaces generates a sense of comfort and warmth that, in the long term, positively influences a company’s objectives and goals.
On the other hand, when the work space is not adequate and provides the worker with an environment full of obstacles to carry out their daily activities, undoubtedly these will begin to affect the journey of the organization.
It is the responsibility of the company's management to identify those inconveniences that in some way affect their employees. In this blog, we provide you with 5 signs that indicate that you should change the way your company workspaces work.
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Low productivity
An employee’s attitude is directly linked to the productivity and quality of their work. A worker who faces a workplace of poor quality every day tends to manifest negative attitudes. For a worker to improve their productivity, it is the company's obligation to provide an adequate workspace and the necessary resources to perform their daily tasks in the best way, which will not only help the growth and development of the organization but also encourage the professional growth, commitment and a higher motivation.
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Poor internal comunication
Peter Drunker, an Austrian lawyer considered the "father of management" and one of the most important figures in administrative matters, states that 60% of an organization’s problems are the result of poor communication. Given this, communication is one of the fundamental pillars for the correct development of any process in a company as much between the workers as between the different departments.
Poor internal communication is due to the lack of a functional system that facilitates the dialogue between the team. The main benefit of implementing this system is that the information ceases to be unidirectional and immediately becomes multidirectional, that is, data is received but at the same time the worker has the ability to provide ideas and opinions. Issuers and recipients facilitate dialogue with a common goal: to help the company to successfully achieve its goals. Internal communication should be supported by an adequate workspace that helps information flow naturally, with areas where it is more accessible to talk and hold both public and private meetings.
Currently, offices have been influenced by the so-called collaborative spaces, furniture in which the interaction of employees is increasingly close and therefore, communication between them is better.
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Generation of health problems
When an office has furniture that has been used too much time and its useful life has already exceeded its limit, the appearance of physical ailments in workers becomes common.
The European Agency for Safety and Health conducted a study of various workers from different companies around Europe, the study found that 24% of workers have some muscle condition or pain that affects them derived from poor furniture. Due to these problems, absenteeism increases considerably, affecting productivity and company goals.
This theme is linked to the ergonomic quality of workspaces. A furniture with highly ergonomic characteristics, gives the collaborator an endless number of tools so that their comfort and well-being in their environment is the best.
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Overpopulation in a space
A company’s needs and demands require that more and more people are hired to perform certain tasks, but the fact that each office has a limit of working spaces is usually not taken into account.
Few companies consider looking for a viable alternative to this problem, an option for this is to look for new facilities that meet the need and the number of people who have the company.
Another option is to adapt the space they have, there are companies that provide services of reorganization of spaces and organizational design.
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Unpleasant environment
The 4 previous signs lead to the latter, an uncomfortable work space, with an inefficient communication, and deteriorated and overpopulated spaces, will generate a hostile and unpleasant work environment for the entire organization. An unpleasant environment can lead a person to take drastic measures, reaching the point of quitting or abandoning their jobs suddenly.
The perfect workspace is one that gives employees everything they need to perform their tasks in an optimal and favorable way for the company. These signs will help you diagnose and verify if your office has adequate conditions for your work team.
Seek the help of experts in adaptation and organization of offices is an action that can provide timely and practical solutions for the problems that your company has with the workspaces.
