76% of Employees Prefer a Designated Lunch Area, Survey Says

How many times have you seen small business employees eating lunch at their desks?Many small businesses don’t provide their employees a dedicated space for eating their lunch. So, with nowhere to go and sit to eat, it’s either employees eat at their desks or out somewhere nearby.If that’s the case in your small business, new research by UK based interiors etailer Furniture123.co.uk finds that not offering a space for employees to eat their lunch has adverse effect on morale and productivity. According to Furniture123, which conducted a survey of over 1,000 office workers in the UK, 56% of UK workers don’t have anywhere to eat their lunch in the office and they’re not happy about it. Of these office workers, 1 in 3 don’t even have any form of breakout space to enable them to get away from their desk, leading to 69% of employees feeling less productive in the afternoon if they don’t leave their desk at lunch.