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I've worked in windowless offices for most of my career. My current
office has huge windows that look out on the nearby mountains. Though my
cubicle is not next to a window, I have only to lean back in my chair to
see out of the window in a coworker's cubicle. My personal experience is
that the lack of sunlight during a normal 8 or 9-hour workday has no
direct effect on productivity. When I worked in windowless offices, I'd
occasionally take a break outside or at least to a place with a window.
:-)
Bev Parks
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> From: Laurel_Y_Nelson -at- NOTES -dot- SEAGATE -dot- COM
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> Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 10:25 AM
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> Subject: Do technical writers deserve sunlight?
>
> This is my third job in which I work in a windowless workspace (I do
> contract work). Our building here has no windows. On the other two
> jobs, we
> worked in an office in the center of the building and the other place
> was a
> basement. Does anyone know how lack of sunlight all day affects
> productivity? If this message is not appropriate for the list, please
> forgive me. I think my Vitamin D deficiency has affected my thought
> processes.
>
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