Titanic99 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This issue causes so many fallouts in our office. Guidance shows the "optimum" temperature should be between 20-22 degress (not sure who this is optimum for presumably means most productive) which is too hot for some (like me) and too cold for others. So how do you decide what to set your temperature at and what instructions are given to those not happy with this decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Everyone here likes to play with the temperature control to set it to what they want. It keeps them amused and happy. I've not told them it's not actually connected to the heating system. But when they turn it up they feel warmer... and people moan it's too hot... then they turn it down and other people complain it's too cold. Meanwhile it's a steady 21C.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This issue causes so many fallouts in our office. Guidance shows the "optimum" temperature should be between 20-22 degress (not sure who this is optimum for presumably means most productive) which is too hot for some (like me) and too cold for others. So how do you decide what to set your temperature at and what instructions are given to those not happy with this decision. Is there air con in the office? If so there will be cold parts and warmer parts and there will be draughty areas which feel colder and still areas which feel warmer. Do you have a thermometer, or are you assuming that the air con succeeds in achieving the room temperature it is assigned? Because that would be a poor assumption. If any of these things sound familiar, the solution is to move people to the parts of the room which suit them better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berberis Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 The age old office temperature struggle. I find threatening to strip down to my undies stops discussion of turning the temperature up. I brought in a mobile digital thermostat to ours once and found it was 26 degrees and one of the girls was still cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacktari Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 If they are cold tell them to put a sweater on. I used to get this all the time from women coming in wearing clothes more suited for the Canary Islands than for an English office in spring. Bare legs and sleeveless tops may look decorative, but they are not functional wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Everyone here likes to play with the temperature control to set it to what they want. It keeps them amused and happy. I've not told them it's not actually connected to the heating system. But when they turn it up they feel warmer... and people moan it's too hot... then they turn it down and other people complain it's too cold. Meanwhile it's a steady 21C.... Similar thing here; set the auto aircon to 21*c and it does very little, I have to set it to 28*c if I really want it to get warm. But in my minibus most have their outdoor coats on, its just the softies dont like 'cool' conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny_Boy Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 This issue causes so many fallouts in our office. Guidance shows the "optimum" temperature should be between 20-22 degress (not sure who this is optimum for presumably means most productive) which is too hot for some (like me) and too cold for others. So how do you decide what to set your temperature at and what instructions are given to those not happy with this decision. This is an ongoing issue at my place of work, the office does not have air con and the storage heaters are on at the moment, I reckon it's around 26 degrees in the office. But heaven forbid if I open a window, the daggers come out and the fake shivers. It is really silly as well as it is usually (not always) the ladies in the office complaining it is cold and the men (not always) complaining it is hot. Unfortunately I work in a sexist work place, were basically woman can within reason wear what they like but the men have to wear suits. So the ladies sit there in skirts with bare legs and tops with bare arms complaining they're too cold and the men sit there sweating in suits. I have started wearing smart polo shirts to work this week and if anyone confronts me about it I will be saying that I cannot work properly in a suit due to the temperature in the office. Could start world war three we shall soon see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obelix Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 If theres not an equal dress code for men and women then it is a discrimination issue to be fair... so if they are smart they wont complain.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexo Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I brought in a mobile digital thermostat to ours once and found it was 26 degrees and one of the girls was still cold! Yet if it was a summers day and 26C, they would be complaining of being too hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itrytoplease Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 The optimum temp. has been reduced by H S E from 20% C to 18% C and has been this for quite a while. though as an older person I find this to cold, I can't complain because it falls within the H S E guide lines - Another way for the powers that be to save money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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