That’s for someone to pump milk. Probably doesn’t get used much.
When you hear the buzzer, stare at the art. You should now feel mentally invigorated.
If you suspect staring at art has not provided the required intellectual sustenance, reflect briefly on this classical music.
[MUSIC INTERRUPTED BY BUZZER]
ooh i hope series 2 is good
explain th joke plz
My former employer had a relaxation room that looked like this.
It was sound-proof and had a massage chair in it.The door to the room was within direct line of sight of the boss’s desk.
I tried going in there once, but the boss called me over and gave me more work.Your former boss is an asshole.
It was sound-proof
Ah. The Scream Closet.
but the boss called me over
Ah, the ol’ Sci-Fi classic: I Have A Scream Closet, But I Cannot Scream.
When what you really need to relax is the comfort of white noise from tbe air ducts in the walls, florescent lighting and a sense that not only does time not pass, but it doesn’t even exist. Enjoy you mental health liminal space, employees.
I would non-ironically love it. Especially with a door locked from the inside. It just looks comfy and calm. Or maybe I just enjoy the ambiance of the toilets, dunno.
I am an engineer that does power design for commercial spaces. These “wellness” rooms show up a lot. They are there simply so your corporate overlords can tick a little box under “workplace atmosphere” and add it to the list of bullshit features on their website no employee ever actually uses. It’s very similar to “mother’s rooms”, only those can be considered code compliant based on your location. Sometimes they are also called “phone rooms.”
I think architects upsell them into designs to boost their self esteem.
It’s a lot like when old apartment buildings gut a storage room, put a few pieces of shitty gym equipment in it, and then add “on site fitness center” to the website, and also tack a small monthly fee on your rent.
If I had a dollar for every existing office space I’ve surveyed that ended up just piling office supplies in them, or found them covered in 3 inches of dust… I’d probably have like $100. Not a ton, but enough to definitely make them seem ridiculous.
Place I used to work at had a room labeled “Safe Space” that I can only assume was mandated by corporate because the store manager hung a framed photo of a snowflake on the wall in it. He wasn’t there for very much longer, wonder why?
It’s a literal requirement in many commercial buildings. They’re for breastfeeding in the code of many municipalities, but you can’t call them booby rooms so they’re “wellness rooms”. A commercial space I was looking at required 2 nursing/wellness rooms because of the size. For a team of 10 dudes. Ridiculous
You need to fit all the requirements, regardless of the current composition of your company. Are you saying that you will never hire women? If a woman interviewed there, she would be put off by the lack of accomodations.
2 rooms is a bit much for 10 people, but one is totally understandable if you ever intend to hire women.
A commercial space I was looking at required 2 nursing/wellness rooms because of the size. For a team of 10 dudes.
The premise of these rules is that they apply regardless of gender, in order to avoid incentivizing an all-male office specifically to avoid regulations. Now, if you do decide your company doesn’t need to be a pure sausage fest, you won’t be on the hook to build out a new room specifically to accommodate someone of the opposite gender.
And, in the meantime, you’ve got a space to take a private phone call or pop an advil and close your eyes for a minute, if you feel the need.
Ding ding ding. It’s not about the current state of your workforce. It’s about what your workforce could be in the future, and ensuring that future candidates aren’t discriminated against just because of decisions made by employees who don’t even work there anymore.
The design is very human.
This looks like and “Wellness room” sounds like a gender neutral term for a lactation room.
The description in that Wikipedia article sounds much nicer and more elaborate than what we actually had at my last office.
Those do usually need a fridge and sink though. Not sure if it’s a code requirement, but all the ones I’ve seen had that.
Might be why the call it a ‘wellness room’, instead of a mothers room; doesn’t meet the legal requirements.
Maybe it varies state by state. This is what I found when looking for federal requirements:
a place, other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from intrusion from coworkers and the public, which may be used by an employee to express milk
Precisely what this is, with the added benefit (to the company) of being used as a prayer room or other various employee needs.
Converting storage to these private/meditation/wellness (corporation dependant branding for them) rooms has been very common.
Imagine the conflict when the woman who needs to pump breast milk and the man who needs to spread his prayer mat and pray meet at the door.
Although I guess it would be easily solved by him putting on a sleep mask. (Earplugs if he finds the squirt squirt of breast milk arousing or distracting.) Or if the entry door is on the East end of the room.
Well, the woman would easily win the ADA federal lawsuit, that’s for sure. That’s like, lifetime vacation time!
They are typically reserved rooms, so they would just select a different space to book.
“Attention employees! The Wellness Rooms are at capacity! All employees are expected to lower their wellness standards until further notice. End of Message.”
Although I guess it would be easily solved by him putting on a sleep mask. (Earplugs if he finds the squirt squirt of breast milk arousing or distracting.) Or if the entry door is on the East end of the room.
I will pay you 10 dollars to delete this sentence and never say it again
Like him, if you find something upsetting or distracting you can turn away from it rather than insisting the world change to please you.
A breastfeeding/pumping woman and a man praying to Mecca could share the room if he protects her privacy. Having eyes and ears covered should help him focus on his prayers anyway.
Luckily you don’t have a tiny room, you have the whole Internet to run away screaming in.
not what I was insinuating but okay.
I said that cus you said “Squirt Squirt” and mentioned someone potentially being aroused by breastfeeding and it took me out of it 😭😭 I was just messin with you, dw :’ )
Why would the woman want to pump in the room with a co-worker? Don’t know, feels like your trying to imply something about the man here. Or am I missing something?
I’m not saying either would choose to be in there together. But having been a nursing mother, I know there’s no rescheduling the milk when it’s letting down. And I believe Muslim prayers need to be done on schedule. The man would no more choose to have a woman in the same room than she’d choose to have him in there. It’s the corporation I’m faulting, for deciding to make it multipurpose rather than providing separate places. Or, you know, adequate postnatal leave.
I see, thanks for clarifying. Adequate postnatal leave is definitely what’s needed, and I mean like 2 years not 3 months. I had to use up all my PTO for each of my kids births because there was no paternity leave. My wife only got a couple months. Fun emailing about work when you’re in the NICU.
Best I can do is 2 weeks unpaid but we guarantee we don’t fire you. Sound good?
Also sounds much nicer than “crying room” or “panic attack room”
This hangs outside at the door:
That all sounded very wholesome until Wikipedia mentioned that it was instead of maternity leave…
Yep that’s exactly what this is.
If you pad the walls with sound proof material and allowing people to scream and shout till their lungs burst, then it becomes a real wellness room
And a punching bag with the boss’ face on it
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When I worked for the NHS the building had one of these. We called it a respite room to calm down, I think many folks used it to have a cry and get on with work.
I remember this scene from Severance.
How am I supposed to jerk off in there?
BYOP.
Please repeat your question clearly into the room microphone. Instructions will follow.
Why aren’t people enjoying the wellness
closetroom? I specifically requested it.
