3 points

That’s for someone to pump milk. Probably doesn’t get used much.

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11 points

I remember this scene from Severance.

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13 points

If you pad the walls with sound proof material and allowing people to scream and shout till their lungs burst, then it becomes a real wellness room

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5 points

And a punching bag with the boss’ face on it

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17 points

It’s a literal requirement in many commercial buildings. They’re for breastfeeding in the code of many municipalities, but you can’t call them booby rooms so they’re “wellness rooms”. A commercial space I was looking at required 2 nursing/wellness rooms because of the size. For a team of 10 dudes. Ridiculous

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A commercial space I was looking at required 2 nursing/wellness rooms because of the size. For a team of 10 dudes.

The premise of these rules is that they apply regardless of gender, in order to avoid incentivizing an all-male office specifically to avoid regulations. Now, if you do decide your company doesn’t need to be a pure sausage fest, you won’t be on the hook to build out a new room specifically to accommodate someone of the opposite gender.

And, in the meantime, you’ve got a space to take a private phone call or pop an advil and close your eyes for a minute, if you feel the need.

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4 points

Ding ding ding. It’s not about the current state of your workforce. It’s about what your workforce could be in the future, and ensuring that future candidates aren’t discriminated against just because of decisions made by employees who don’t even work there anymore.

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8 points

You need to fit all the requirements, regardless of the current composition of your company. Are you saying that you will never hire women? If a woman interviewed there, she would be put off by the lack of accomodations.

2 rooms is a bit much for 10 people, but one is totally understandable if you ever intend to hire women.

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26 points

Place I used to work at had a room labeled “Safe Space” that I can only assume was mandated by corporate because the store manager hung a framed photo of a snowflake on the wall in it. He wasn’t there for very much longer, wonder why?

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