Every industrial company feels it: finding people who work in production is harder and harder, and keeping them just as hard. Salary and shifts come to mind first, but there is a less obvious and very concrete lever: the space where the day is spent.
A problem space can ease
People choose, and stay, also because of how they feel. A dark, noisy department, hot in summer and freezing in winter, tells you how much the company cares about the people who work there. A well-kept environment tells the opposite story, and it shows from day one: at the interview, on a visit, through word of mouth.
Real comfort, beyond the regulations
Regulations are the minimum. Comfort is something else: natural light where possible, controlled acoustics, temperature and air quality designed for people standing eight hours a day. These are design choices, and they make the difference between putting up with a place and feeling good in it.
Common spaces that matter
People do not only work: they take breaks, eat, meet. Beautiful, welcoming common spaces – a cafeteria, bright break areas, well-kept meeting rooms – count more than they seem to. At BIG @ KilometroRosso we designed exactly this: reception, meeting rooms, common areas and a cafeteria that give people a place to belong to.
A signal that shows
A well-kept space is the most direct way a company says "we care about you here". No proclamations needed: the light, the materials, the spaces where people pause say it. It is an investment that pays back in attractiveness and in people who stay.
What it means
Attracting and retaining is not only a matter of organisation: it is also a matter of space. Designing production environments around the people who work in them is one of the ways we help a company grow. This is what we mean when we say your space our project.