3 Ways Proworking Helps Produce a Positive Office Culture

Return-to-office (RTO) policies – and employee concerns about those policies – dominated headlines last year. The state of things today: stagnant in-person attendance and a deeply frustrated workforce.

Under the hood, though, the reality is that many office spaces – and the office cultures they influence – simply don’t meet employees’ needs. That reality offers employers an opportunity to offer amenities and foster a sense of office culture that makes work better for everyone. 

To support employees who return to the office, companies may find it helpful to foster a space worth working in. Proworking enables just that. Here, we’ll explain how – and show how proworking supports an in-person culture that’s attractive to employees.

1. Proworking Helps Companies Put Employee Wellness First

A sense of safety is closely tied to overall wellness. And studies show well-being is key to employee productivity. That’s why it’s important to put a premium on employee well-being. Enter any proworking space, and right off the bat you’ll notice wellness-promoting security measures such as: 

  • On-site monitoring by security cameras as well as security staff in the lobby.

  • Front desk staff to support the space and its members.

  • Key-access-only corridors, offices, and suites.

A secure space helps reduce stress levels by ensuring employees don’t have to worry about the safety of their personal belongings or client information.

To further support a wellness-oriented workspace, common areas and suites are routinely cleaned and organized. Though it sounds small, a tidy environment has a big impact on professional productivity.

The bottom line: proworking spaces promote mental and physical well-being. Protect your team’s health, and it supports a wellness-centered office culture that makes in-person work less burdensome for employees.

2. Proworking Makes Hybrid Work Easier

For all the benefits of in-office collaboration, in-person work can be disruptive. Often, this is especially true for hybrid workers, who must adapt to different work environments, which may affect their routines. 

For many employees, it’s tough to stay focused when coworkers keep walking over to ask a question or won’t stop chatting with the desk pod nearby. That’s doubly true for neurodiverse team members who may become overstimulated in loud and dynamic spaces.

Proworking spaces are designed with an array of team member’s needs and styles in mind. Hybrid employees enjoy access to private suites equipped with sound-masking technology to reduce nearby noise and distractions, thereby increasing work productivity.

For those seeking a change in scenery or 1:1 time with a colleague, common area seating offers the perfect solution. By accommodating these variations of work preference, hybrid employees can maintain the focus they need in a style that suits them best.

It’s yet another piece of the hybrid puzzle that can go a long way toward creating a happier workforce.

3. Proworking Eases Administrative Burdens

Administrative work, while necessary, can prove time-consuming – especially when it involves a bit of travel.  It's safe to say most of us would likely prefer not to use a lunch break to visit the post office or track down a notary public.

These tasks aren’t just tedious: they can interrupt employees’ daily routines.

Proworking spaces make these administrative tasks much easier to tackle. With convenient on-site amenities like notary services, outbound mail drops, and IT support, optimizing business operations is smooth and simple.

In a proworking space, your team is supported by staff and amenities likely unavailable to them on their work-from-home days. The result: more room to concentrate on core tasks and a more productive office culture.

Give Workers the Office They Want

Many employees are likely to return to the office in some capacity (if they haven’t already). And anything worth doing is worth doing well. So why not choose an office space that prioritizes well-being, security, and productivity?

Firmspace supports all of that and more. If you’d like to learn more about our proworking spaces, reach out to book a tour.

Darby Gerga