Office Features with the Wow Factor
5 Office Features that will Wow Your Employees
Inc. Magazine
This recently published Inc. magazine video is about ways businesses can optimize their office environments to help workers achieve peak productivity. How does Createscape measure up? Let’s see…
1. Standing desks: Standing while you work is so much healthier than sitting for six to 10 hours. You’re also more likely to burn calories when you conduct business on your feet.
Createscape offers standing desks, with a couple of options spread out throughout the space. You can also work at our general-coworking bar-top space in the Howdy room, or the two standing height tables located in the West Wing, or our Study Hall. General coworking areas are open to all members at every membership level.
The Howdy Room offers a variety of different workspaces, included standing desks, teaming tables, private offices, dedicated desk space and a call room
2. Quiet chairs: Workers report that when they have access to a private spot for some quiet contemplation or a cat nap, they experience less stress and anxiety.
Well, we don’t have these modern, Men in Black-like egg-thrones, but we do have a few comfy sofas and armchairs in our Howdy Room lounge area and in the Groove Room. Members can enjoy a brief meditation session or even a snooze -- if you don’t mind napping in public. In the Howdy Room, there is also a TV display with HDMI connections for showing off your presentations for after-hours events.
3. Private work areas: Sometimes a person just needs a place to regroup and block out distractions. Separate, private rooms are perfect for when you need to recalibrate your concentration.
At Createscape, we have five private call rooms - no reservations needed! We also have two conference rooms, each accommodating up to eight people. For most memberships, free conference room booking credits are available every month. And if you go over your free credits, our member meeting room booking rate is half off the non-member price*.
Here’s a cool perk to keep in mind: When conference rooms are empty, members can pop in for up to an hour per day. No reservation needed. Also, these pop-ins do not use any of your free monthly booking credits. How do you know if the Conference Room or Studio are vacant? Just check the scheduling tablet that is posted next to the Conference Room in the Study Hall or the tablet posted in the main office hallway for the Studio Space.
4. Security access: Workers feel safer when the space is secure.
Createscape is one of the only Austin coworking offices that provides 24-7 access to all full-time members - not just private office or designated desk membership levels.
Our door code security system and personally-assigned door codes means that only members can gain access to the office at nights, on weekends, and holidays. We also have security cameras posted at the office exits and around the coworking areas & dedicated spaces. Rest assured that you and your belongings are safe- we also offer lockers in each room that are available for rent.
5. Energy efficient: Having an environmentally-responsible office shouldn’t be a perk. We take climate change seriously and hope our members do, too.
At one time, our Tillery Street building was a thriving bread factory; the Howdy Room still has the remnants of a loading dock! Train tracks, now buried under cement, used to stop in our side yard. When it was built in 1953, 701 Tillery wasn’t exactly designed for low-carbon-footprint usage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do our part. Here are some of the ways Createscape tries to be good stewards of a healthier city.
We use sustainable cleaning products.
We have a Nest thermostats that are on eco-friendly settings.
We recycle in every room.
We’re a nearly 100 percent digital office, which means we use less paper.
We have timers on many of our light fixtures.
*($40 per hour for non-members v. $20 per hour for members.)
Written by Riki Markowitz