Employees at Amsterdam design studio Heldergroen won't be putting in much overtime¹. Not in the office, at any rate.

 

在荷兰阿姆斯特丹的设计工作室Heldergroen，员工将不会有太多机会加班。就算加班也不是在办公室。
 

 

That's because every day at 6 pm, their desks, tables and other work surfaces, with their computers attached, are hauled up to the ceiling by steel cables normally used to move heavy props² in theatrical³ productions. If you leave a half-eaten tuna sandwich on your desk, you're out of luck.

 

Once the chairs and other workplace paraphernalia⁴ are cleared away, the space is free for evening and weekend use as "a dance floor, yoga studio … or anything else you can think of -- the floor is literally⁵ yours," creative director Sander Veenendaal said.

 

In a way, the office space itself is working overtime for Heldergroen, generating lots of publicity⁶ and carrying an enlightened message of career-life balance far and wide.

 

"We think that doing activities like this makes it easier for people to work here," says Veenendaal. "You know when it is time to relax or do something else that inspires you."

 

That sounds awesome⁷. There's just one catch. In the morning, the desks reappear and everybody has to go back to work.

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