At times, slouching will often lead in tempting you to take a quick doze or maybe a short nap. Everything is perfectly fine except of course if you are in the office and you have tons of paperwork to do. So rather than wait for your boss to take notice and most likely get you into trouble, here is an advanced way to save your neck.

The Philips Ergosensor Monitor will take heed of your “slouching” position and will eventually yell at you if you do. This was all made possible through the monitor’s ergosensor which seems to be more of a webcam that monitors your posture.

The device gives you corrective feedback as well. This comes in the forms of small icons that flash up at the bottom right of your screen.

The monitor should be perfect for ensuring that employees are not sleeping on the job, a good thing for office perhaps and to make sure that they are getting their money’s worth and productivity.

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Ben and Jerry’s in Vermont may have a solution in the form of a work place nap rooms made for employees. They allow their employees to snooze but is not a permanent solution for employees who lack sleep. Further, there is that possibility that employees may abuse such a privilege.

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Sleeping on the job may be a big No No but it looks like Halfords is making an exception. Considering that a successful candidate stands to be compensated £600 a week, you can imagine sleep deprived or people who are not even suffering from sleep problems to come in.

Halfords is advertising for a sleeping bag tester and say the successful applicant will have to “demonstrate an interest in camping and outdoors leisure activities”. The bike and car accessory giants also say people applying also need a willingness to “sleep under canvas” but say previous experience is not strictly necessary. It seems like an easy way to earn some cool cash.

(Source) Telegraph

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We are all familiar with the phrase “No Sleeping on the Job” but apparently some companies are retracting this belief. For the sake of productivity, some companies allow their employees to sleep but not on their table.

Companies are taking on a new lease, investing in these innvovative EnergyPods for taking naps and then return to work refreshed. Of course this may be subject to a lot of issues but knowing companies, they are bound to place some restrictions and guidelines on proper hours to get some short naps and then be more productive for the sake of overall operations.

Vinayak Sudame, an engineer at the Research Triangle Park campus of Cisco, says he uses an EnergyPod to “shut my eyes and shut myself off for 10 or 15 minutes” when he is working on a problem or needs some quiet time. More than a walk or a coffee break, he says, this type of “total mental rest” helps him return to work with what he calls a “reorganized” perspective.

(Source) The New York Times

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