What are the 10 Best Places to Work At? Companies have started to design cooler, funnier more colorful working spaces. Apparently, the gray cubicle and the plain white walls didn’t stimulate workers and reduced their capacity to be productive. Moreover, for some companies, creativity and team work is essential, and the dull spaces can definitely turn off even the most ambitious employees.
So they started to develop more attractive working places, with minimal cubicle separations and socializing areas, as well as chilling areas. The main objective is to make work a fun experience, as to, of course, increase productivity. A lighter atmosphere, cool job perks and fantastic playing areas have changed the way people perceive their daily working space, and has started to actually make workers want to wake up every morning and head off to the office. Moreover, the innovative office spaces can inspire creativity and encourage team work.
Yet some studies have started to reveal that an abuse of the collaboration-friendly environment and the recreational spots might compromise the ability to focus. In addition, not all companies require the same incentives for their workers, or involve the same type of work.
Anyway, some companies have figured the way to cope with these challenges, and found out a way to keep workers both happy and productive, mixing spaces for different activities. While some companies might need their workers to be in constant communication and collaboration, others might need deep focus and more solo working. Tech companies, for example, tend to use innovative spaces to break down the office norm. So there are different ways to make an office cater to its workers. Some feature more creative and playfully environments, others offer focus areas with trees and nature-like settings.
So we have made a list of the 10 Best Places to Work Att!
No. 10 Human Healthy Vending
This company is dedicated to making cool healthy alternatives to typical quick snacks. With a bright and energetic atmosphere, they seek to create the perfect place to combine hard work with creativity. Workers have ping pong tables and cool sound proof rooms. This seems like a fantastic place to work at, especially if you enjoy healthy food and quiet places.
No. 9 Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) is dedicated to the development of professional 3D animation design. Developers of the Sketchbook app, the firm has opened a new office in San Francisco that offers its workers a swinging conference table. Every worker has access to the 3D printers and can take lessons on how to use the equipment.
No. 8 Edelman
No. 7 Groupon
This company, launched in November 2008, has developed a website that features discounted gift certificates and daily discount offers. Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN) has decided to get rid of the dull moments at work hours, creating colorful and modern offices. Moreover, they have added yoga lessons for their workers, and, of course, a huge cat in a floating spaceship sculpture.
No. 6 Facebook
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is well known for its huge, no-cubicle offices. They have definitely set the bar quite high regarding the kind of amusement a worker can get at the office. They have graffiti art on the walls, free drinks and snacks, candy shops, dentists, barbershops, a gym and a video game arcade.
No. 5 Box
This company, which has developed online file sharing and personal cloud content management services for businesses, has designed interesting offices at their main headquarter in Los Altos, California. The place resembles a huge playing are, with almost no working desks. A two-story spiral slide descends to the lobby, and swings hang from every ceiling.
No. 4 Infosys
Infosys Ltd ADR (NYSE:INFY) is an Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting information technology, software engineering and outsourcing services. It has its main headquarter in Bangalore, and it is the third-largest India-based IT services company. The training facility, which had an estimated cost of $120 million, has been referred to as a Disney-Club Med-University like building. It has a movie theater, a high tech bowling alley and a giant pool. And of course, for anyone needing some deep relaxation in order to get rid of all work-stress, there is a Spa, and a hair salon as well.
No. 3 Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is well known for its innovative spirit and, of course, for its famous products. The company has recently opened a Vienna office, with a cost of approximately $3.6 million. This building has themed conference rooms, a massive reception with a green wall full of different plants, and in case you were wondering, a floor-to-ceiling x-ray of a computer. And slides, cushions and lots of electronic devices decorate all the company’s offices.
No. 2 Google
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is probably one of the companies better known for its fun work environment. This giant develops constant innovative products, and amplifies its services menu as well. So it should not come as a surprise that they need a working atmosphere which stimulates its workers and pumps the creative full all day long. Google has a pet friendly policy, it has food and available for everyone, and even an adult size ball pit. The napping pods are now well known, and help workers relieve stress.
No. 1 Epic Systems Corp.
In case you were thinking there was nothing more extreme than Google, regarding the working atmosphere, well Epic Systems Corp is even more rad. Epic is an electronic medical records company, located in Wisconsin. It features hallways that imitate New York City subways, working spaces with quite eccentric pieces of art, such as an Elvis Presley statue, and Cat in the Hat sculpture, and a Dungeons and Dragons drawbridge. This company is definitely looking to entertain its workers and keep them creative!
