PHOTOS: Check out this skyscraper office kitted out with pandemic tech like ultraviolet lasers and cleansing torpedoes
Mitie, a UK outsourcer, equipped its headquarters with ultraviolet light sprays, stickers, and flippable coasters. The battle over the office return is not only about remote work. Living through a pandemic has fundamentally changed how many see health and safety in the workplace.89% of respondents said they had concerns about returning to the office
Mitie is a UK facilities management company that provides outsourced services across multiple sectors including security, office management, healthcare, and logistics. All the devices had their uses before the pandemic, but have been tailored for use during COVID-19 and beyond. Each table comes equipped with a small, red or green circle. If a table is clean and safe to sit at the coaster will be green side up, if it's still dirty it will be red. It's not a fool-proof measure, but it's designed to give people a little extra confidence.Hanging at regular intervals throughout the office are a series of metal cylinders. Embossed text on the side reads:"Hi, I'm here to disinfect the air so you can breathe easy.
These are used to indicate frequently touched, potentially high transmission areas, so that they are cleaned more frequently. There's also usually hand sanitizer located nearby. They're on all door handles, and cupboards, the communal hot-tap and the tea and coffee in the staff kitchen. Another otherwise typical meeting room features two square ceiling tiles hanging in the centre of the room.
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