Let’s be clear, the dog in the office exists, but it has always been the boss’s prerogative until then. Nemo, the Macron dog, can relieve himself during a meeting at the Elysée, the German shepherds of the Biden drag on the carpet of the oval office, nobody comes to ask if it is hygienic all that. On the other hand, when it is Josie de la council that takes his own, it goes less well. Authorizing animals for all is therefore democratic progress, the extension of a privilege of the summit to the rest of the company.
The well-being argument
A 2017 study claims that the presence of an animal leads to a “23 % drop in the risks of cardiovascular disease”. Another, published in 2012 and produced with dog owners who take them to the office and others who leave them at home, said the former had a level of stress below the latter. The dog contributes to the right atmosphere and, moreover, “to take a lawyer by his boss when his dog snores on the seat next door, it passes better”, assures a concerned.
l ‘ PRO Efficiency argument
The dog at the office is the new table football. The proof, in tech, Amazon prides itself on welcoming 7,000 on its campus and Google opened a Yoshka coffee, tribute to the group’s first dog, who died in 2011. For these companies, it is a question of facilitating interactions and cooperation. Moreover, the groups of dooglers (“parents” of dog at Google) remained in contact during confinement. Now, authorizing dogs at work would make it possible to bring back face-down teleworkers.
democratic counter-argument
Extend this advantage to everyone is administratively impossible. A dog at his workplace is good in certain trades – shepherd, for example -, but who would like to have an operation by a neurosurgeon who would take his dog to the block? And will we have to provide dog canteens? And how to define the acceptable pet? A rabbit ? A panda ? Furthermore, the leader’s dog serving him above all to stand out, if everyone begins to have, does the boss not risk being tempted to come to the office with a pony?
The well-being anti-argument
Studies would better compare the level of stress of dog owners who take them to the office to that of their office neighbors. Furthermore, if dog owners are happier at work with Rex by their side, who says that Rex is happier to look at PowerPoint sitting on the carpet of the rebent room than to Folâtre in the garden? If we asked him for his opinion, the dog might not want to hit the traffic jams or the metro during rush hour … Finally, we did not get rid of the smell of ashtrays at the office to recover the one of the wet dog.
the pro-argument pro
Admittedly, Google has a huge campus and Amazon transformed a building roof into dog park, but do dogs also facilitate interactions in Haussmannian offices or defense towers? As for interactions, swing a ball to Poupi really boosting productivity? In Japan, Fujitsu, which has been testing an experimental “dog office” since July, has installed owners apart, with space for only six dogs: does the communication favored here not only concern
Dogs and their friends?