I’m not really a night owl or a morning person. I like to go to bed early and sleep late. I’m really more of an afternoon person provided I get my afternoon nap. I recently read an article about how a major oil and gas company has nap rooms in their office building. Employees are allowed to go and nap in there anytime they want, as long as they still put in their eight hours every day. What a brilliant idea! Why didn’t I think of this? I put a comment in the comment box suggesting this at my work, but senior leadership quickly shot it down, which is total crap. If I could get a nap in during the day, I would be so much more productive. And if I’m still putting in eight hours, my company is not losing anything from me. Of course, I do like to take long naps. Like a minimum three to four hour nap. So I would have to come in early and stay late. And on days when I’m super tired, I might need two naps. Uh oh! When you do the math, I would pretty much have to live at my work to fit in both naps and eight hours of work. I definitely don’t want to do that. Maybe a nap room isn’t such a great idea for someone like me, OR maybe the rules just need to be redefined. Maybe every two hours in the nap room substitutes for one hour of work time. That’s an even better idea. I mean it’s not like anyone is going to come to work and sleep 16 hours every day, so they would still have to do some work….unless they’re super lazy like me!
Stephanie Walters 