Office Things for Millennials
Millennials are a funny bunch. That is, unless you are one and in that case, you’re likely rolling eyes right now. But no … we’re sticking to our guns on that. It’s the inherent quirkiness of our youngsters here at Green Brick Labs that makes up for a huge part of our ‘secret sauce’; without which we’d just be some bland agency building dumb stuff for boring people.
So what goes in to the fuel that keeps our quirkiness running? Office things for millennials are pretty important. We can’t get away with incipid coffee, dropped ceilings and desks that don’t levitate. Those things are for chumps. No, our millennials demand the best in architecture and ergonomically correct furniture.
In order to avoid the danger posed by a gaggle of angry millennials, we decided to ward off risk by obliging and creating the optimal environment for our precious peeps.
Check out our collection of ‘must-have’ office things for millennials that, let’s be honest, are pretty sweet to have in any office.
Open Ceilings
God forbid if ceilings in today’s offices were less than 10 feet. Our neighbors, a real estate law firm, have a traditional office design but we asked the developer to rip out the dropped ceilings and expose the concrete joists and duct-work above. It actually looks super cool, and contrasts well with our polished concrete floors.
Foosball
While the incessant ‘clack-clacking’ sound of a foosball game might drive other co-workers nuts, there’s something to be said for the comradrie one feels from thoroughly trouncing an unsuspecting colleague. You can easily tell which of your co-workers is fresh out of school by judging their foosball skills. Those used to dorm existence are usually consistent whips at our table. You could also use beer pong as a measure of this stat, but … I mean … you have to draw the line of decorum somewhere.
Free Flow Draft Beer
About that decorum. Beer in the office isn’t actually as weird as you might think. Some workplaces are not suited for daytime drinking. Think daycare centers or surgery units. But others, like where we are at Green Brick, enable the freedom to have a pint on a Friday afternoon as the rest of the office winds down. We’ll let you in on a little secret: it’s a great way to weed out any potentially weird new hires. If Andrew from front-end thinks its OK to pour one at 9AM on a Tuesday, we’re keeping a pretty close eye on that guy.
Stand Up Desks
They say sitting is the new smoking, and to get our millennials to shut up about the latest buzzword study, we just went ahead and got everyone stand up desks. These aren’t your average stand up desks, though. With a flip of a switch a little motor starts purring and the desk forms back down to a nice comfy sitting level, where it’s meant to be, damn it!
1000 Feature Chairs
If you simply must sit, its best to do so on our super-duper ergonomic rolley chairs. With about a billion settings and the constant risk that the chair becomes self-aware and decides to swallow you whole, these are must-haves for the ritalin-induced millennials in the office who always have to fidget with something or other.
Video Games
This is basically every 10-year-old kid’s dream: to stroll in to work at 11AM and crank on the Playstation to battle your co-workers at Mortal Kombat for a few hours before lunch. Here’s where that dream turns into a nightmare: it’s just there to trick you into thinking you’ll ever have time during the day to play it. If we had a buck for every time someone was able to play Mortal Kombat during the day, we wouldn’t have very much money in our coffee fund.
Coffee: the Giver of Life
This is something that just about every office has, but a precious few do well. To avoid our millennials having to take out a loan to fund their signature barista coffee habit, we decided to throw caution to the wind and snag a Jura, the queen of coffee machines. She is a harsh, harsh mistress, though. Before dispensing her sweet nectar she likes to bark random commands like ‘change my filter’, ‘rinse me’ or ‘fall into satan’s embrace.’ We just put up with her because the coffee is damn delicious.
