Napping At Work [modified]
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
AspDotNetDev wrote:
EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
That only happens from votes to remove, not 1 votes.... I've never done it, but one of my coworkers naps in his car over lunch sometimes when the weather is nice...
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
A 15 minute nap just after lunch is proven to increase productivity and awareness. That's because we humans were designed to have two sleep periods, the regular one at night and another just after noon. But modern day life does not allow that and pretty much everyone feels sleepy about that time of the day. The 15 minute nap is just enough to pass through REM sleep (4th stage of the sleep cycles) and reach the 1st stage of sleep which you're barely asleep. Waking up on that stage will make you wake up aware, ready and refreshened. One technique is to take a cup of coffee a few minutes before (don't remember how many) the nap, so it kicks in after 15 minutes of nap. I wish I had a link to an article, but if you google around, you'll find plenty of evidence supporting what I am saying.
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
I wish I had, I never worked at a place which provided that. And I think it's supid not to, due to the overwhelming sutudies supporting that. It's not work time loss, it's productivity gain. As some already mentioned, and as I already mentioned on a reponse on this topic: "A 15 minute nap just after lunch is proven to increase productivity and awareness. That's because we humans were designed to have two sleep periods, the regular one at night and another just after noon. But modern day life does not allow that and pretty much everyone feels sleepy about that time of the day. The 15 minute nap is just enough to pass through REM sleep (4th stage of the sleep cycles) and reach the 1st stage of sleep which you're barely asleep. Waking up on that stage will make you wake up aware, ready and refreshened. One technique is to take a cup of coffee a few minutes before (don't remember how many) the nap, so it kicks in after 15 minutes of nap. I wish I had a link to an article, but if you google around, you'll find plenty of evidence supporting what I am saying."
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One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
When I used to work for a korean company they usually eat in 15 minutes, then turn off most lights, and all the office became a nap room you could see all koreans drooling on their keyboards, all of them from managers to janitors ...
Edgar Prieto Software Engineer
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Once, at military school in 10th grade, I fell asleep in Military Science class. I had to stand for the remained of the class. I have never fallen asleep on duty since. Get more sleep at night, your getting paid to work.
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One assumes a nap room is needed when people pull all nighters, not for an 8 hour work day ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
I don't have time for naps. I love them during the weekend but I have a wife and kids at home. When I was single and an independent consultant in the off hours I would often get only 4 hours of sleep or pull occasional all-nighters. Now I like to work my standard work day and get home. I'm in my early thirties so I'm not "old" yet. However, my priorities have changed. I typically put in about 8-9 hours at work and then go home. I don't have time to take a nap at work because that would extend my work day. I also work for a more traditional organization so, while my hours are flexible, I'm still expected to put in 8 hours of work, not a few hours plus some sleep as long as the job gets done. One other thing that may cause me to not have time for a nap is I never feel rested unless I actually fall deep asleep. Depending on how tired I am it can take me 15-20 minutes or more to fall deep asleep and then I have to sleep for an hour or two. I can't do 20 minute power naps. If I don't fall completely asleep I don't feel anymore rested than had I not slept at all. If I fall deep asleep but am interrupted (such as by an alarm) before my body is ready I am groggy and unfocused. So, I tend to avoid naps unless I have several hours of down time on the weekend. As an alternative, what I do is I take various mental breaks through the day. I may read an article or two on Code Project (or other websites/blogs) or listen to a podcast. I wish I had a ping-pong table. :) The weather isn't always conducive so I don't go outside much. What really works is if I get a real mental burst from something like a fun puzzle or a really great article/podcast on something I enjoy. Something that really sparks my brain. Then I'm good to go for the rest of the day.
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
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Straw poll: how many of you have a nap room or take naps at work? 5-vote this post if there be sleeping at your work, 1-vote this post if there's no :baaaa!: for your cow-orkers. When I worked for a startup company, we had a nap room, and it was glorious. Now that I work for a bigger company, it seems like something like that wouldn't fly (instead, I just doze off at my desk after lunch). Though, I have a fairly large cubicle, so I'm thinking of bringing in a cot, pillow, and blanket. EDIT: After 10 1-votes, might be good for somebody to 5-vote this post before it gets automatically removed. Thanks, looks like I have an upvote.
modified on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 4:51 PM
I know someone who was discharged for falling asleep at his desk with no prior warnings. Some employers don't like you sleeping on the job. So, who is getting ready to be fired next? Let me know so I can apply early before the newly available job is announced publicly.
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Wow - 7 hours of sleep and you're dozing off ? Have you thought about seeing a doctor about your sleep issues ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian, Humans are not all identical and the amount of sleep that you need to get a completes nights rest is not going to be the same for everyone. There are a very few who can get a complete nights rest from 4 hours or less of rest because they are able to enter deep REM sleep very easily while others have a hard time and need more then 8,9 or 10 hours of sleep to be equally rested. What if one of these 4 hours only folks called you a lazy you know what because you need 6 hours of sleep or even just 5 which is still more sleep then they need? Stop being a closed minded arse.
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When I used to work for a korean company they usually eat in 15 minutes, then turn off most lights, and all the office became a nap room you could see all koreans drooling on their keyboards, all of them from managers to janitors ...
Edgar Prieto Software Engineer