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by corbett3000 3836 days ago
We have a very pro-napping policy at our company. I'm the CEO and actively nap probably 3 days per week for a least 30 minutes when I'm in the office.

We even have a nap pod...and the pro-napping policy is written into our employee/HR manual.

Of the 80+ employees, I'd say 20% of them nap in the office at least once a week. Why fight biology? Naps are great.

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Just a side note as a fellow napper, 30 minutes is not generally recommended, but rather 15-20min, 45min or 1.5h if you need more. Timing naps is key, napping 30min will generally make you groggy because it's out of sync with the sleep patterns.
dont you think he'd notice if his napping left him groggy
We have 8 employees and a "nap couch" from Ikea tucked into our tiniest conference room.

Same diff. :)

P.S. Your company's domain is for sale?

> Why fight biology? Naps are great.

Maybe I'm the weird one, but my biology seems to be not to nap. A few years ago I tried for a while to take a nap during my lunch break, but I just couldn't fall asleep even after 30 minutes simply because I don't even get a little bit tired during my work hours (I usually sleep well and enough at night). If I'm actually tired because I haven't slept enough at night and I manage to take a short nap, I feel even worse after it.

I'm still not convinced that taking a nap is actually the natural thing to do.

It's entirely reasonable that you've tried napping and found it doesn't work for you, but assuming everyone is the same and therefore napping won't work for anyone is somewhat irrational. Lots of things affect people in many different ways. Napping clearly works for some.

As for suggesting taking a nap isn't "the natural thing to do", what does that actually mean? Nothing modern humans do can be considered "natural" because we've radically changed our environment to the point that it's unrecognisable from anything in nature. There's no such thing as "natural" in an age of electric lighting, computers, processed food, mechanised transport, etc.

Same. Once I've started I want to sleep for many hours, 20 minutes isn't refreshing for me, it's disorienting.
You have 80+ employees and your domain is.co is for sale?
If this is satire it's good enough that I hope it makes it into the HBO show Silicon Valley. If not...