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by ThrowawayR2 2300 days ago
Assuming you're in the software industry or some other technical profession, provide a nap room at the office, at least one per 50 people. If you don't like the term, call it a wellness room. Design it properly (ability to dim or turn off lights, away from heavily trafficked areas and other noise sources, etc.) Discourage your staff and management from penalizing or gossiping about people who use it.

Employees who had a bad night of sleep, employees with newborns that kept them up at night, employees with migraines or are just feeling ill, employees with sleep disorders (increasingly common), etc. will thank you and the company will be compensated by productivity recovered from these people not being tired. It's not exactly a radical or untested idea either; a quick googling for "nap room at office" finds plenty of companies that implement this benefit, e.g.: https://blog.kickresume.com/2018/09/10/these-7-companies-enc...

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Wellness room for migraines. Mind blown. That would be so helpful when I've gotten them at work (fortunately, a very minor occurrence for me).
I get migraines when I have the sun on my head and bright lights around and where I work has recently moved offices. Now next to a river in an office seemingly made entirely of glass. It’s impossible to see anything so now everyone just shuts the blinds.

I now spend about an hour a week with a crazy swirly pattern obscuring most of my vision. A dark room where I could sit and recover when this happens would be incredibly helpful.

The architect seems to have tried to create an Ikea showroom rather than an office where people will be staring at screens all day.