How much parking is there every day? You really need to avoid prospective clients coming to your office and taking a while to find parking. Are meetings ever scheduled outside the office to get into a less cramped environment? Working in these cramped areas will drain employee morale and productivity as well. Feeling like a bunch of sardines crammed into too small a space will only distract them from working. You should avoid situations like this as quickly as possible. If you aren’t sure if this is a problem, simply reach out to your employees. They’re going to give you honest feedback here. If it is a problem, they will want to move to a bigger office. If it isn’t too small, they won’t want to move since that would just be unnecessary effort. A minimum of 40 square feet per employee is a good guideline as well. So if you don’t meet that, then it’s time to move. If you are expanding, moving and growing into a larger office space can help fuel that expansion and keep your company on a steady positive trajectory. You also can’t add any new talent if your office space is running low. Here are a couple of ways to realize whether you are running low on space: • Sick days are way up. Germs spread like crazy when everyone is working on top of each other. • There are more employee conflicts and complaints than normal. Just like siblings sharing a room, employees sharing close space could lead to bickering. • Meeting rooms are constantly full and booked up, or people are standing up during meetings. Another easy to notice sign. You may have multiple departments who have to jostle for their time. When this happens, it’s time to 32
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