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Have you considered introducing a breakout area to your office, or have you dismissed it as an unnecessary or unaffordable luxury? Maybe you even see it as too much of an excuse for your workers to laze around and 'skive'? If you have a negative attitude to breakout areas, we would urge you to revise that opinion. A wide range of employers are now incorporating breakout furniture into their office as part of the latest big refurbishment of their workplace, and there are many sound reasons why. But first of all, let's define the breakout area. As the name suggests, it is a space within an office that is separate from your employees' usual working area, and where they might take a break. However, breakout areas aren't necessarily unproductive spaces, and when well-conceived, can actually serve to boost productivity. Your employees are certainly likely to get more done over the course of the day if they are able to take some time out away from the computer screen, for example, especially as health and safety laws now urge frequent breaks from computer workstations. But with the right choice of breakout furniture, this part of your office could also see a fair amount of work done in its own right. In today's world, trailblazing companies like Amazon and Google are providing their staff with flexibly designed, innovative and quirky offices that blur the lines between work and play, formality and informality. The right modular or multipurpose seating in your breakout area, positioned around a suitable table, could therefore make your breakout space the perfect location for informal lunchtime meetings or browsing through work emails on an iPad, while sipping coffee and having something to eat. By mixing appropriately functional furniture with soft furnishings - perhaps a sofa bed or tub chair - you can also make this space comfortable and relaxing enough for taking time out from the hard graft. Consider how a breakout area could be made to work in your own office. Is there a separate room that would make a good focal point for breakout furniture? If not, could you use a screening system to reserve a part of your open plan office for this purpose? What kind of space would be convenient and make the right impression on visitors as well as staff? Talk to our team here at Design & Contract Furniture today about how we could bring our fit out, refurbishment and furniture expertise to bear on the creation of the ideal breakout space for your organisation.
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