Jul 11 2008
Garden offices
Executives of multinational companies in the upper ladder of management usually travel the world over and are mostly subjected to stress as they are the ones who tackle critical issues, those of “do or die” for the company. They stay from one hotel to another in their rounds and with a laptop or notebook, where they check-in could also be their office. The working environent is of importance to their state of mind. If there could only be a garden office in the hotel where they are accomodated, this could be the ideal way for them.
Most work places are in high-rise buildings at the center of a city, and aside from a plant box here and there, or a vase of flowers in a table or two, one has no communication with nature. The office worker is confined to this limited four-walled cubicle day in and day out, such that this affects one’s body metabolism.
It is different when one is exposed to the outside environment, with a view of trees, plants and gardens. It is refreshing and nerve-calming to even just have a glimpse of this open-air sight, and what more to have the opportunity to be out into the fresh air for a short breather any time, especially when one feels stress during a difficult work situation. Of course, this is a dream situation for an office worker, considering the conventional workplace today.
Browsing the net however, it seems for those who will take the option, this dream can come true, for now there is a company who offers garden buildings. Depending on one’s choice, he can select whether it be an office in one’s own garden, or a garden office in a hotel, hospital or in a school, or just to have a cozy nook outside your home with no problem in communication connections, as this is handled by experts. Aside from this, it is guaranteed by Lloyds of London.
