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by hatsubai 2844 days ago
The interesting thing is that too much light can take its toll on productivity as well. When I was working at another company, it was inside an essentially "all glass, modern" building on the top floor overseeing a creek which led to the Bay. Between about 10 am until 3 pm, everyone would always scramble to find whatever random objects they could to block the light because management never paid for any blinds. We'd grab task boards, company banners, and anything else we could get our hands on so we could block the sun and work. We'd have to constantly shift them, or ourselves, as the sun changed positions, which created some awkward situations when half the team began to huddle in one small, shady area in the building at peak times. Needless to say, as someone who prefers darker environments, my productivity wasn't quite as high as I would have personally liked.
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My desk gets the full force of the sun after noon. I have blinds, and still build a makeshift sun-blocker out of an old box. Too much light can definitely be a negative.