Help me improve my working environment

[anonymous-user]

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[rog007]

Not good. Either time for a role change or, with your collegues, petition the leadership to have some sky lights put in. Good luck!

[TurricanII]

Keep your eyes open for an opening in one of thw windowed offices!

Ask management to put one in (if you are by an outside wall)? Surely woung only cost a few hundred quid

[davepoth]

anonymous said:

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Get diagnosed, get a doctor's note, present it to HR, and enjoy your new window. Possibly.

[nobodyknows]

Worked in an office for seven years with no external windows, depressed the hell out of me & my staff. Finally changed it two years ago & it was the best thing I ever did.

[Parsnip]

I know a few of the guys out here swear by the lamps designed for SAD - during the winter months far enough north, or when stuck on nightshift for 2 weeks, you won't see the sun - guess it is a temporary solution to your problem, but if they can't get you a window, maybe they could shell out for a lamp for you?

[okgo]

Must say I've never thought about how depressing it might be to work somewhere with no windows, then I thought a bit harder and realised the first shop I worked in had no windows...I never even noticed.

[s-w-p]

Parsnip said:

I know a few of the guys out here swear by the lamps designed for SAD - during the winter months far enough north, or when stuck on nightshift for 2 weeks, you won't see the sun - guess it is a temporary solution to your problem, but if they can't get you a window, maybe they could shell out for a lamp for you?

I'm pretty sure that an employer has no legal duty to provide you with daylight in your working environment.
BUT... if you have a diagnosed medical condition you may be able to get them to do something as a reasonable adjustment. But there are no gurantees here, what's reasonable for a massive employer wouldn't be the same for a smaller company etc.

At the very least I'd be asking about using daylight bulbs - we have some at home and the difference is quite noticeable.

[RemainAllHoof]

Dunno if it will help but how about a large picture or poster of somewhere outside like a landscape or mountain?

[Markytop]

Could you get your employer to rig up a High-Def CCTV camera to a monitor near your desk? If you have the camera at the front of the building, then you will see clearly the weather outside, as well as the general coming and goings. You benefit from having an eye on the outside world, and the company benefits by having an "extra" security guard monitoring CCTV for rioting scrotes.

[Rooster]

Its very hard, I worked in a hospital basement for 12 months with no fresh air and no natural light, its amazing how little I knew about the weather and how much it affects you. Put some pictures up of bright sunny days.

[Keep it stiff]

Talk to your employer. They have no obligation to provide you with natural light but they do have a duty of care to their employees in the workplace and if they realise that the environment is detrimental to your wellbeing they should see if there is anything that can reasonably be done to improve your workspace. That aside, not many employers would be so short sighted as to not realise that a good environment comes hand in hand with good productivity.

[ClassicMercs]

I would say there is no actual substitute for a natural view / light - as well as the fresh air.
Daylight tubes as well as the SAD light will both help and the employer should provide these. Getting a window or skylight will be determined by your location.

I am only in a small office of three, but I'm in the back corner away from the window - behind a large monitor. The guys near the window also close the blinds as -A) it can get too sunny -B) one is paranoid about the fatties in the gym next door looking at him. So although we have a large window it doesn't work in my situation.