We cannot deny that startups in general are a fertile environment for stress. All teams are required to establish a whole functioning department without having many breaks. Many employees in startups aren’t really replaceable by their colleagues, which adds to their pressure and increases their stress. However, we all know that stress can effect one’s health, well-being, and life in various way. As a matter of fact, living a stressful life has a negative impact on one’s productivity.
At Crowd Analyzer, the management was eager to give the company a stress-free environment. It is not easy to launch and work in a company that is constantly teaching the MENA region markets about the importance of social media listening, and still planting a seed for a whole industry by drawing the attention to a demand that already exists but neglected. It is crucial to keep every single team member very attentive and productive. It is yet essential to keep the team energized and relaxed. We understand there is a thin line between slacking and being relaxed and productive.
Steps that Crowd Analyzer took to create a stress-free environment
There are a few steps that every company can take to create a stress-free environment and optimize the productivity of the team. Here are a few measures that made a huge difference in the office.
Crowd Analyzer personalized the office
The office is designed to be shared. The interior of the office allows an employee to go around and sit with colleagues from other departments without having to go through a single door. However, another tweak that had a great impact on the well-being of the team members was their own desks. The spacious desks with their empty board allow employees to decorate their work-space the way they feel most comfortable with. Of course, that doesn’t mean that our office is cluttered, it’s just personal.
Isolated areas are there to serve you
Many researches link interruptions at work to stress. To avoid that in an open space, Crowd Analyzer allocated special rooms and cubicles that ensure a lot of privacy and quietness for those who want to hold a meeting or simply enjoy an interruption-free stress-free environment. The office also has a large quiet area in which no one is allowed to talk, eat, or make any noise.
Promoting fun & enhancing communication
That is the strategy Crowd Analyzer is following in order to make employees more engaged and facilitate for the stress-free environment. When there are fun activities which employees are often interacting over, a better communication and more fun will be introduced. Consequently, only a small room for stress will be available, if any at all.
Flexibility is a way out of stress
Many people stressed out by the idea of having to wake up early to be at work. Have you seen the traffic jam in Cairo at 9 a.m.? Hitting the road at such a time will be enough to generate a lot of stress. Crowd Analyzer still values the 8 hours of work, but if someone is more comfortable coming at 7 a.m. they should, others may prefer to show up at 11 and stay at the office till the evening. This kind of freedom allows the employees to enjoy work more rather than feel it’s an obligation.
How does the well-being of the team reflect on the company?
When Crowd Analyzer was first founded, it was clear about identifying its assets. In addition to the tool itself and the value provides to clients in the region, the team is a valuable asset that the company takes pride in. Developing the team will only happen when they are happy and healthy. Hence, a lot of thought is put into tactics and strategies to keep the team comfortable at their home!
When the team is doing well, the company is doing well. The well-being of the employees definitely reflects on their productivity. Rest assured that if it doesn’t reflect the productivity, it will affect the quality of work produced. In software developing or any delicate technical job, quality really matters, especially at Crowd Analyzer.
Everybody at Crowd Analyzer is given ownership of what they do. The team is constantly being credited for their achievements. However, ownership is done in a different way here; it is mainly because employees are constantly and rapidly growing in the functions they started learning when they first joined the company, most of those are teaching these functions to the teams they are managing. That kind of growth shows how loyal the company is to its people!
