Office turning into home as work goes 24X7
IT and financial companies are introducing
height adjustable desks, day and night crèches to staff
Companies are increasingly caring for the
health of employees who put gruelling hours at their work desks.
From height adjustable desks to showers to
day and night crèches, they are offering their staff home-like comfort.
The change is prominent in the financial and
IT industries.
"About 5% of the banking, financial
services and insurance (BFSI) industry is already creating height adjustable
workstations. For example, if there are 500 workstations, 25 are height
adjustable desks in almost all the BFSI sector," said Shrinivas Rao, chief
executive officer (Asia Pacific), Vestian Global Workplace Services Pvt Ltd, a
consultant, which conducted a survey along with Nielsen on workplace trends.
JP Morgan (Mumbai), Citibank (Mumbai and Pune), Bank of America and American
Express (both in National Capital Region), Mphasis (Pune), Tech Mahindra and
Maple (Mumbai) have such desks.
Recent ergonomical studies have pointed out
continuously sitting long hours at work desks leads to health issues
particularly related to back, neck and swollen foot, which gets aggravated if
the sitting posture is incorrect.
Therefore, it is suggested to have a mix of
sit and stand while at work. After every hour, an individual should stand for
at least 10 minutes.
While talking about changing trends in
offices, Rao said that 24x7 crèches, where parents can get their children ready
in office itself for their morning schools, are becoming a norm in the services
sector, especially in southern India. About 10% IT sector offices have crèches.
"Manufacturing sector, for example, is
bringing in alternative for example being home at work. A lot of companies are
giving space for day-care and crèches," said Seema Kapur, director,
consumer insights, Nielsen.
In IT sector, were companies operate 24x7,
employees often leave their children at crèches at office while they do night
shifts.
"In first of its kind facility,
Microsoft is opening a centre in Hyderabad where kids can actually shower, get
ready and for school. So parents can pick them up, get ready and take them
directly to school," Rao said.
Such crèches are more of the workspaces in
Bengaluru and Hyderabad as there are a lot more nuclear homes, due to migration
there during the IT boom.
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