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The company's co-founder announced that the staff members can now take a quick nap between 2 to 2.30 pm.
Updated : May 07, 2022, 05:14 PM IST | Edited by : Prashant Tamta
This is probably the first time in India that an Indian startup company has announced an official nap time during work for its employees.
Wakefit Solution, a Bengaluru startup, Thursday launched an initiative keeping the well-being of its employees in mind, allowing them to enjoy an afternoon nap every day for half an hour and called it ‘right to nap’.
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At the sleeping solutions start-up, this policy seems to be aligned with the company perfectly. In an internal email sent to employees, Wakefit co-founder Chaitanya Ramalingegowda announced that the staff members can now take a quick nap between 2 to 2.30 pm.
“We have been in the business of sleep for over six years now and yet have failed to do justice to a crucial aspect of rest – the afternoon nap. We have always taken naps seriously, but starting today, we will be taking things up a notch,” Ramalingegowda wrote.
Official Announcement sleep powernap afternoonnap pic.twitter.com/9rOiyL3B3S
— Wakefit Solutions (@WakefitCo) May 5, 2022
“We have decided to normalise afternoon naps at work and declare 2 to 2:30 pm as official nap time for all our employees. From now on, you will have the right to nap between 2 to 2:30 pm. Your calendar will be blocked during this time as official nap time. We are also working towards creating cozy nap pods," read the e-mail.
A power nap is a short sleep that occurs before deep sleep (slow-wave sleep). It is meant to refresh the person rapidly. The post was highly appreciated by netizens.
Good decision. Sleep Powernap afternoonnap
— Soumen Dutta (@soumen_7) May 5, 2022
So @WakefitCo announces official NAP TIME every afternoon - in fact going to install nap pods in office Will this be a new trend in @peakbengaluru startups to nornamlize noon naps pic.twitter.com/KeflGNnHDc
— 1LittleCoder (@1littlecoder) May 4, 2022
Wow, noon naps are really a thing now
— Dipankar Mazumdar (@Dipankartnt) May 4, 2022
employeewellbeing takes a new shape by realising the importance of powernap HumanResources hrm sleeping https://t.co/N9CFW35IpX
— Prashant Pathare (@kingpatprash) May 5, 2022
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