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Warm Offices Boost Productivity
bluelip writes "It looks like the real reason for offshoring is corporations looking for warmer weather. Instead of paying the energy bills to crank up the heat in the office to a more productive temperature, the offices are moving to warmer areas. This article shows a 44% error reduction and 150% increase in productivity for those working in warmer offices. Will this increase in output be enough to convince my boss to pay for us to vacation-commute from a tropical island?"
Or perhaps Canadians should just wait for global warming to kick in, and reap the 44% in error reduction rewards!
Go burn those fossil fuels, Canucks!
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Add another problem: warmer temps mean lighter/less female clothing. The effects of this on male productivity should be obvious.
No, but welcome your new office in sunny Bangalore, where the temps often exceed 100F and humidity reigns!
--Chag
sweatshops...hence the productivity increase.
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It makes sense to me, they wanna get thier work done and get the fuck outta the room!
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I agree with you 100%
My motto is very simple
When its cold you can always put on more clothes.
When its hot you can only take off so much before your arrested!
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Darn. And I thought Google could do everything.
Back in highschool we had a couple converts from florida (in western NC) in band...out marching we would rejoice (we being the native NC'ers) when it got down in the low 70s because you could bust ass and not break a sweat...the two new kids were in ski jackets by then.
OTOH they took the heat much better
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2. How many of the people complain that this is too warm:
a. are overweight, or
b. smoke, or
c. drink warm beverages and not the recommended 8 glasses of water a day, or
d. have high blood pressure, or
e. feel sleepy because they aren't getting the recommended 7-9 hours of sleep at night, or
f. not interested in what they are doing enough to stay awake.
a: no
b: no
c: the 8 glasses of water a day thing is an urban legend
d: no
e: no
f: no
And yet I'm comfortable at 70F and miserable at 78F. Furthermore, if you're cold, you can dress warmer. If I'm hot, my options are much more limited -- stripping naked at one's workplace tends to have negative repurcussions.
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