Why a fun workplace is more productive

Why a fun workplace is more productive

Article by My Business

MAY 2016

"Renovating your workspace to incorporate play can result in mentally and physically healthier employees, retain them for longer, and boost productivity and engagement. However, it isn’t just a one-size-fits-all job."

Talk to anyone who’s worked overtime every day of the week, and they’ll probably tell you that they’re severely overworked and stressed out.

“If you think about people’s working lives, you know, we spend a third of our lives at work,” Angela Ferguson, Futurespace’s managing director, tells My Business.

“We’re there from early in the morning to quite often late at night ... more than 65 per cent of Australians spend more than 40 hours a week at work, and then, of those 65 per cent, more than a third of those are 50 hours a week at work.

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