{"id":189,"date":"2017-04-25T13:39:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T13:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2017-04-11T13:40:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:40:02","slug":"how-important-is-the-office-environment-to-your-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millennium-si.co.uk\/blog\/how-important-is-the-office-environment-to-your-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"How important Is The Office Environment To Your Staff?"},"content":{"rendered":"

With competition for the best staff heating up in some sectors, it can be a mistake for SME business owners to ignore the office environment and expect staff to sit on broken chairs and work on shabby desks. <\/p>\n

So much so that when old office furniture was replaced, a study the British Council of Offices found that output increased by 23% which in business terms can mean the difference between success and failure. <\/p>\n

Yet many company bosses fail to see the impact shabby offices have on staff morale. Lack of natural light, dark rooms and draughts can really begin to demotivate staff overtime particularly if they are required to spend the best part of their lives in these environments. <\/p>\n

Worse still many staff can end up depressed and demotivated and this can end up having a knock-on effect to other members of staff. 40% of people consider the availability of natural light the most important factor when it comes to the office environment. <\/p>\n

Lack of natural light can sometimes be compensated for with good lighting, however if that lighting is also poor then staff are twice as likely to feel depressed and three times more likely to feel that it impacts on their productivity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With competition for the best staff heating up in some sectors, it can be a mistake for SME business owners to ignore the office environment and expect staff to sit on broken chairs and work on shabby desks. So much so that when old office furniture was replaced, a study the British Council of Offices […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,107],"tags":[3,14,108,17,13,15,16,12],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-millennium-storage-and-interiors","category-office-environment","tag-millennium-si","tag-office-design-solutions","tag-office-environment","tag-office-interiors","tag-office-partitioning","tag-office-planning-solutions","tag-office-refurbishment","tag-office-space-planning","post-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t