Sleeping in the Office
Sleep doesn’t have to be the new sex, and workplace productivity really doesn’t have to suffer because of tired employees. With napping devices like the EnergyPod, employees can now combat the post-lunch slump, and the post-work lull, by taking a comfortable nap... in the office.
Designed in conjunction with a Formula 1 builder, the EnergyPod is made of fiber glass, with a contoured bed surface ensuring that the knees are raised slightly above the heart to take the weight off the lower back. Bose noise-canceling headphones quietly emit melodiously soothing tunes to aid drifting off. A built in alarm is set and once nap time is up, lights and vibration serve as a gentle wake up call. Members pay $65 a month for an unlimited number of naps, while non-members pay $14 for 20 minutes in the Energy Pod.
According to Bill Anthony, author of "The Art of Napping at Work," napping is slowly trending towards becoming more mainstream [...] sleep is being seen not as a perk but as a productivity enhancer. [...] Sara Mednick, Assistant Professor at UCSD and author of "Take a Nap Change Your Life," supports this view: she believes that the cultural taboo that surrounds the idea of napping will gradually dissolve, just as the taboo that surrounded the notion of telecommuting in the 80s eventually disintegrated.
Seems like my idea of setting up a bed at work is not that odd after all. And, my version is much cheaper than the EnergyPod:
The set up: working on top and sleeping on the bottom:
Inside my bed enclosure:
See, this is staff benefit: while others are paying $14 to nap for 20 minutes, AFC Vancouver staff can nap in my office bed for free!
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