I’m sure for some of you this list would be rather short – number one, arriving.

That wasn’t an option provided for the 12 000 office workers from around South Africa who took part in a recent poll, but I’m sure the other gripes will resonate pretty close to home.

Because it’s a Monday and we’re all hanging on by a thread I’ll start with the positives, things people valued as the most important in the workplace.

This below from BusinessTech:

Office likes   

• Access to good tea and coffee – 95%
• Security – 91%
• A healthy environment – 87%
• Natural light – 85%
• Greenery – 71%
• Canteens – 65%
• Comfortable chairs – 52%

I like that we’re keeping it simple, and the number one ‘liked’ thing is the fuel required to help us deal with co-workers. We’ll allow for a little boast here and say our offices have all of the above comfortably ticked off – that, and if we want a coffee (or anything else delivered) we can order it through an app (HERE).

And now for the bit you’ve all been waiting for, what people hate the most:

Office peeves

• Loud colleagues – 88%
  
• Colleagues who “smelled up the place’ – 76%
  
• Unbearable bosses – 66%
• Lack of privacy – 50%
  
• Dreary office spaces
• Long meetings
• Dress codes
• Working hours

Yup, I think those are peeves many people can relate to.

Let’s try and end off on a high, a look at what respondents said was the best thing about the workplace:

…the social aspect of meeting new people and becoming friends with certain colleagues was the best thing about the workplaces according to 80% of respondents.

Also favourable was  the ‘learning and personal development’ that the workplaces offered (61%).

Filling out the remaining office positives was ‘stimulation’, ‘sense of worth’ and ‘contribution to society.’

Any of that help with the Monday blues? Hey, we can only do so much…

[source:businesstech]