The employee experience takes the form of major milestones and achievements, personal relationships with team members, the technology utilized and the quality-of-life perks and benefits brought about by the company’s workspace.

Starting from the recruitment process to employee onboarding, up to the end of one’s tenure – and everything that comes in-between – the quality of each interaction that comes between the employee and the company is taken into account when measuring the value of their relationship.

A published perspective by Gallup, a global analytics and advice firm, on employee experience states that the employees of today have become a “consumer of the workplace”.

The ever-increasing competition for high-talent performers has driven employees to be pickier, and more inclined to constantly be looking for better opportunities. The same Gallup perspective states that 51 percent of currently employed workers say they are actively looking for a new job or watching for openings.

It has become more crucial for companies to keep an eye on the decisive moments when employees decide to join or to remain with an organization to create a great employee experience.

Building the perfect workspace

Out of the many layers of company-employee interactions that factor into the EX, the physical aspect of the workplace weighs substantially more than the other facets.

Besides the obvious workplace benefits that a company offers as incentives, how the company chooses and outfits their workspaces factor greatly into the physical experience of an employee.

Physical workspace constitutes the things that an employee can literally touch, see and even smell. It is the floorplan, the furniture, the decorations and the demographics of people working in your company.

It also includes the quality-of-life perks like a free gym membership, good meals and the lounge area where the employees can unwind after a day of work.

The importance of physical workspace in EX is related closely to the employees’ productivity and performance. When companies know what their employees value and build a positive connection between a workspace and the employees, the shift in the employees’ attitude and performance should be palpable.

A workspace index released by Gensler, a global collaborative design firm, shows that employees that enjoy and like their work environment are shown to be more engaged, productive, happy and even more healthy. So how can a company accommodate the quality workspace that the employees require?

Outfitting the perfect workspace

The physical form of the workspace is the first line of encounter of an employee with the company culture.

Representing what the company’s values are, or to see what a company values, are the tables, chairs, the occasional motivational posters, murals and amenities that the company outfits their workspaces with.

The brand value can be indicated through the company’s choice of office layout and the tools and amenities provided.

Consider how Google opts to utilize material design in the design of their office furniture, wallpaper and their industrial design to represent the company’s established identity of simplistic, sleek and state-of-the-art technology. They opt to adopt the open office design to maintain their character of dynamism and fast-paced innovations.

It is the office scheme that speaks the loudest to what the company hopes to achieve, and how they expect their employees to respect and enjoy.

The companies of today have moved past randomly throwing in “hip” furniture and amenities, and are actually creating workspaces that maintain high standards of both form and function that play directly into the employee experience.

The workspace itself is dynamic. It is constantly changing, and must always be updated with the latest innovations and trends in technology, design and architecture. Experimentation with the workspace layout is also noted to be one of the latest trends in the EX world. Mix and match new furniture, and fit the workspace out with bleeding edge tech to further empower their productivity.

Providing the perfect workspace

In challenging the prominent, conventional employee experience that relies on the status quo of run-of-the-mill work experience in Indonesia, GoWork, the country’s leading premium coworking space, seeks to lead the paradigm shift of the workspace for big corporations through its intuitive, end-to-end enterprise solutions in strategic locations in Indonesia.

At GoWork coworking and office spaces, team leaders and executives of both startup companies and well-renowned corporations are encouraged to find the best office layouts, tools, and amenities to help their employees thrive, assisting them through providing everything needed to create the best employee experience through turnkey office space solutions.

Recently, GoWork partnered with ride-hailing app Go-Jek, welcoming the Go-Life team to their new base in GoWork Senayan City. Go-Jek has signed up more than 90 members of their team to experience the GoWork experience, which constantly changes and adapts to the dynamic flow of the physical workspace trend.

Besides Go-Jek, notable corporate and government-owned enterprise tenants such as Lamudi, The Fit Company, Fave and Pegadaian are some examples of GoWork members that utilize the flexible, versatile workspaces that challenge the traditional conventions of a coworking space.

Rejuvenating your company’s employee experience has never been easier. Leave your workplace affairs to GoWork.

GoWork’s enterprise solutions aim to provide you with an accessible process to find, build and outfit the perfect workspace for your team, sourcing your preferred locations at preferential rates for any team size at up to 500 members, with custom layout and configuration that works best, and with flexible tenor and arrangements.

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