The last 18 months plus has been a period of transition for TPM, on many levels. One thing we’ve tried to work on is improving the work experience of our employees – what it’s like to work out of one of our two offices day in and day out. TPM is by design an intense place to work. Some of that is based on our being a small operation always trying to punch above our weight, compete against bigger operations. On a deeper level, though, it’s simply in our institutional DNA. But intense work requires down time, a workplace environment that sustains that sort of commitment and intensity. We’ve made certain changes with that in mind and one of them is converting our former New York video studio into a nap room.
Nap rooms have become a mini-trend – admittedly, often a cliche – in tech and media businesses. But our experience has been pretty positive.
Here’s a look behind the scenes about where your (New York) bylines take moments of downtime between bringing you the news.
The wall of mirrors on the ‘back’ wall – the inside wall where the door is – is a bit hard to capture in low-light, colored-light images. But here goes.
What the pictures don’t capture is that the room is sound-proofed and has lighting which can be changed by color intensity and hue depending on the napster’s mood.
