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I remember when we had a dedicated nap room at work, it was really nice and a ten min nap would greatly improve my productivity for the 2nd half of the day.

At one point the new VP of Eng, who was fairly old, joked that "I should be the only one taking naps."

They later put pingpong etc in the room and turned the lights back on.

Stupid.

Anyway always happy to see companies embracing naps. Much better than constant caffeine.

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Politically you just need to call it a "quiet room." Dimmer lights, no keyboards. It's a much easier sell than a nap room and you can still nap in it.

Pretty sure it was called quiet room

In Sweden it’s mandatory[1] that each workplace should have a ”resting room”. Surely, not every workplace has it though.

[1] https://ka-se.translate.goog/2021/06/14/ska-det-finnas-ett-v...

PS. It's unlucky for the translation that toilets are called rest rooms in English speaking countries. :) In Sweden bathroom or rest room is called toalett (toilet).

I was under the impression those are for when someone is ill, but I can't substantiate that.

At my first job out of school my officemate and I had a couch in our office, which was often used for napping by our coworkers (who had individual offices and hence not so suitable furniture).

Facebook had napping rooms. Saved my life a couple times

I used to go out to my car and nap in the car during lunch, until I started working at a company that was close enough to not need to drive, and away went my nap time. With WFH, nap time is back on the table and I am a happy man.

Do you actually sleep in that room? Like nap nap? I can't imagine being able to fall asleep and wake up within ten minutes

Yes. It takes practice. I set a timer to wake up. See also: coffee nap.

I worked somewhere that had a pool table and a futon.

They got rid of the futon because they didn't want to be seen as a sweatshop.

What's the connection between futons and sweatshops?

"We work you so hard that you need to sleep here too."

That's BS. Taking nap mid day is healthy.

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