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Office Hoteling Blunders: 10 Mistakes to Avoid
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4. Not having a clear desk policy
While employees don't "own" assigned workstations, they
can treat these spaces differently because they know they're
the only ones using the desk, office, or room. If it's messy
when they leave, it only affects themselves.
Every employee should understand what a shared space
should look like when they arrive and when they leave. Same
for equipment. What condition does it need to be in? The
exact instructions may be unique to each resource, but there
should be general guidelines as well. These should include
expectations about food and drinks, acceptable behavior,
cleanup, and where employees can put personal belongings.
To avoid clutter and give employees more flexibility, you may
want to have separate storage spaces for people to reserve,
allowing them to keep some belongings on campus as they
switch between workspaces f rom day-to-day.
Without clear policies regarding hoteling spaces, employees
are left to determine for themselves what is acceptable, and
some will take better care of shared resources than others.
Your policy should make caring for the space—and the other
people who use it—part of the process.
