In an age of unhappy employees, businesses have been devising countless ways to make work a more tolerable and exciting experience. Work life balance has become a hot term, and for good reason. As wages and benefits continue to drop, people want to be sure they have a life outside of work. However this is a big change from the past.
While today many employers try to build a “work family” or loving team, these efforts often feel insincere. Ultimately what employees want is to be treated fairly, and it is only through positive treatment that genuine bonds from. This is the basis of the Tavern community coworking model. Obviously resolving issues such as low wages, minimal benefits, and suboptimal hours can be hard to crack. However there are things businesses can do to more genuinely promote their employees well-being.
The Tavern model takes note of this and consciously focuses on the other important aspects of their employees’ lives. What if businesses themselves promoted a work life balance, hosted purely social events, and helped to create a community? Under the Tavern model, businesses will rent out hotels and bars for happy hours, communal lunches, and other social events. While these events are still corporately sponsored, their intent is entirely social, entirely unproductive.
For many employees this is seen as a breath of fresh air. The average American is spending a significant portion of their life at work. If there are no genuine connections formed this can become a really isolating experience. The aim of the Tavern model is to ensure this type of loneliness can be minimized. It fosters community and friendships with a guiding hand, not hand-fisted team building activities. It’s not a revolutionary concept, but it’s a model which is surprisingly uncommon, especially when implemented with full regularity.
Source: Tavern Community