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I remember when we had a dedicated nap room at work, it was really nice and a ten min nap would greatly improve my productivity for the 2nd half of the day. At

by winrid 3y ago

I remember when we had a dedicated nap room at work, it was really nice and a ten min nap would greatly improve my productivity for the 2nd half of the day. At one point the new VP of Eng, who was fairly old, joked that "I should be the only one taking naps." They later put pingpong etc in the room and turned the lights back on. Stupid. Anyway always happy to see companies embracing naps. Much better than constant caffeine.

shard 3y ago
I used to go out to my car and nap in the car during lunch, until I started working at a company that was close enough to not need to drive, and away went my nap time. With WFH, nap time is back on the table and I am a happy man.
baby 3y ago
Facebook had napping rooms. Saved my life a couple times
m463 3y ago
I worked somewhere that had a pool table and a futon. They got rid of the futon because they didn't want to be seen as a sweatshop.
- kwhitefoot 3y ago
  What's the connection between futons and sweatshops?
  - userbinator 3y ago
    "We work you so hard that you need to sleep here too."
    - winrid 3y ago
      That's BS. Taking nap mid day is healthy.
082349872349872 3y ago
At my first job out of school my officemate and I had a couch in our office, which was often used for napping by our coworkers (who had individual offices and hence not so suitable furniture).
jayd16 3y ago
Politically you just need to call it a "quiet room." Dimmer lights, no keyboards. It's a much easier sell than a nap room and you can still nap in it.
- winrid 3y ago
  Pretty sure it was called quiet room
- mikae1 3y ago
  In Sweden it’s mandatory[1] that each workplace should have a ”resting room”. Surely, not every workplace has it though. [1] https://ka-se.translate.goog/2021/06/14/ska-det-finnas-ett-vilrum-pa-jobbet/?_x_tr_sl=sv-SE&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://ka-se.translate.goog/2021/06/14/ska-det-finnas-ett-v... PS. It's unlucky for the translation that toilets are called rest rooms in English speaking countries. :) In Sweden bathroom or rest room is called toalett (toilet).
  - TazeTSchnitzel 3y ago
    I was under the impression those are for when someone is ill, but I can't substantiate that.
RugnirViking 3y ago
Do you actually sleep in that room? Like nap nap? I can't imagine being able to fall asleep and wake up within ten minutes
- winrid 3y ago
  Yes. It takes practice. I set a timer to wake up. See also: coffee nap.

by winrid 3y ago

shard 3y ago

I used to go out to my car and nap in the car during lunch, until I started working at a company that was close enough to not need to drive, and away went my nap time. With WFH, nap time is back on the table and I am a happy man.

baby 3y ago

Facebook had napping rooms. Saved my life a couple times

m463 3y ago

I worked somewhere that had a pool table and a futon. They got rid of the futon because they didn't want to be seen as a sweatshop.

kwhitefoot 3y ago
What's the connection between futons and sweatshops?
- userbinator 3y ago
  "We work you so hard that you need to sleep here too."
  - winrid 3y ago
    That's BS. Taking nap mid day is healthy.

082349872349872 3y ago

At my first job out of school my officemate and I had a couch in our office, which was often used for napping by our coworkers (who had individual offices and hence not so suitable furniture).

jayd16 3y ago

Politically you just need to call it a "quiet room." Dimmer lights, no keyboards. It's a much easier sell than a nap room and you can still nap in it.

winrid 3y ago
Pretty sure it was called quiet room
mikae1 3y ago
In Sweden it’s mandatory[1] that each workplace should have a ”resting room”. Surely, not every workplace has it though. [1] https://ka-se.translate.goog/2021/06/14/ska-det-finnas-ett-vilrum-pa-jobbet/?_x_tr_sl=sv-SE&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US https://ka-se.translate.goog/2021/06/14/ska-det-finnas-ett-v... PS. It's unlucky for the translation that toilets are called rest rooms in English speaking countries. :) In Sweden bathroom or rest room is called toalett (toilet).
- TazeTSchnitzel 3y ago
  I was under the impression those are for when someone is ill, but I can't substantiate that.

RugnirViking 3y ago

Do you actually sleep in that room? Like nap nap? I can't imagine being able to fall asleep and wake up within ten minutes

winrid 3y ago
Yes. It takes practice. I set a timer to wake up. See also: coffee nap.