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The quality of an office environment plays a crucial role in keeping employees happy, healthy, and highly productive.<\/span><\/p>\n The quality of the office environment depends on a wide variety of factors not associated with elements such as organizational culture or policies. The factors or elements that are about to be covered by this article focus more on aesthetics, lighting, temperature, space, and last but not least, ergonomics.<\/span><\/p>\n The office is a second home to most employees, given that they spend about seven hours working in an office. Due to this, how the office looks, feels, or makes the employee feel is a critical aspect of keeping stress at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n A clean office that is decorated appropriately with \u2018nice furniture\u2019 and organized well is essential to making employees feel almost at home (too many decorations or \u2018comfort zones\u2019 could lead to employees becoming lethargic or even lazy, which is counter objective). Lighting is another important factor within an office environment, as the light conditions must be optimal for the employee.<\/span><\/p>\n The tone and brightness of the light must be comfortable for employees; lighting conditions that are too bright or too dim could cause stress and even strain the eyes after a few hours, and continuous exposure to such lighting conditions could cause eye damage due to the light-sensing cells in the retina being overstimulated and dim lights, on the other hand, causes eye fatigue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Most offices are organized mathematically with even lengths and widths for each cubicle; the pantry is generally located at the end of an office (normally close to the restrooms), and the offices of the seniors are at the opposite end of the pantry or on an entirely different floor.<\/span><\/p>\n As employees come in, they are given their \u2018standard\u2019 cubicles or workstations as time passes \u2013 this should not be the case. Rest areas, the pantry, and the restrooms should be located at a more convenient location \u2018for all,\u2019 the space given to each employee should be according to their job functions.<\/span><\/p>\n For example, an employee managing data entry would require less space than an employee managing physical files. By allocating more space to those who need more space, office managers prevent cluttering, which can be very distracting.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n1. Aesthetics & Lighting<\/span><\/h2>\n
2. Space Utilisation & Organisation of the Office\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
3. Furniture<\/span><\/h2>\n