The Essentials of a Successful Break Out Room!!

Throughout a busy and often stressful workday, your employees need to have a place to go to decompress and relax. This is why many organizations steadfastly believe that it’s crucial to establish a positive break room culture and to continually adjust and refine this space to foster creativity and interaction.

Here are some tips on how to reconfigure your current break room so that your employees can mentally recharge, find new ways to collaborate and have a little more fun during the workday.

Make Your Break Room Stand Out Within Your Office

You can give your break room its own character by taking steps such as painting the walls a unique color or opening up the room to add a central seating area.

These types of changes make it clear that this room is different from the rest of your workplace.

This distinction is important because it will allow your workers to fully disconnect from their work space and decompress. When your employees return to work, they’ll start fresh, and productivity will substantially increase.

Our bench system below is a great unique way of changing up any break room.

Encourage Communal Dining

By providing larger, family-style dining tables as opposed to a slew of spread-out chairs, you can facilitate a more collaborative lunchtime spirit.

After all, employees who gather together to eat lunch will have the opportunity to bond as a team and share ideas.

Provide Furnishings That Promote Comfort

Why not try thinking of your break room design from a coffee house perspective?

After all, comfortable sofas and lounge chairs can greatly enhance a sense of relaxation in the midst of a frantic business day

Our modular easy chairs are great way of making your office break room seem less formal and more inviting to your employees.

Have Adjustable Desks/Tables

Sitting can be detrimental to your employees’ health. Take the time with your office remodel to add in stand-up desks and collaboration areas.

This can help decrease sedentary routines and shows you care about your employees’ health and well-being.

Our height adjustable desk below can be viewed in our show room and is a great asset to any office.

Host Celebrations in the Rejuvenated Break Room

Does your workplace culture value employee birthdays and milestones? If so, you can try hosting a celebration in the break room.

You can even reach out to a local caterer to deliver different breakfast or lunch fare and take advantage of this opportunity for the team to get to know any newer employees.

These types of events encourage a stronger sense of engagement and team culture.