Meeting privacy pods are a familiar fixture in many offices, where open plan design can improve collaboration but increase noise.
As several businesses have reconsidered their workplace layouts before welcoming staff back, the popularity of pods has risen.
What are the main benefits of incorporating office privacy pods into a workplace fit-out scheme?
Advantages of office privacy pods
As the name suggests, privacy pods enable space for more private meetings between colleagues, in place of a separate room.
This may be due to spatial restrictions or simply because smaller gatherings don’t require a larger, more formal setting.
Senior managers are specifying pods as part of their post lockdown re-think of the office environment, for reasons such as:
Privacy between colleagues (particularly where discretion is required) without the less welcoming feel of a meeting room, is important.
Office pods enable this, without drawing unnecessary attention or embarrassment for quieter/less confident workers.
As highlighted, numerous open plan businesses have learned the downside for the office, noise wise.
Office pods provide quieter spaces for undisturbed concentration, without a return to more walls and doors.
And of course, without the need to build permanent walls, the potential spend is much lower.
You’ll pay for fewer fixtures and fittings, plus shorter installation time compared to permanent partitioning or building work.
As brand identity forms an important part of corporate culture, the correct look and feel of the office is a priority.
Office privacy pods are available in a range of different colour palettes, to complement or enhance their surroundings.
And as many pods are modular, or can easily be removed and rearranged, you’re not tied to any permanent configuration.
Meaning that as your staff numbers or office needs change, they can adapt with you.
Workplace stress is a huge challenge throughout the UK, especially as people have been out of the office for several months.
A softer furnished ‘sanctuary’ away from the desk and surrounding bustle can provide a welcome break for mental wellbeing.
And if people feel better at work, they find it easier to do work – resulting in a rise in output.
Which means a well considered office privacy pod can virtually start paying for itself in a relatively short timeframe.
Want to learn more about office privacy pods?
To see the available options to complement your existing office setup, browse our range of office privacy pods.
Or if you’d like to talk about how a comprehensive office fit-out could improve acoustics and productivity, please get in touch.