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[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 90 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

what kind of work places have communal shower rooms where you can laugh at each other?

[–] 01011@monero.town 61 points 3 weeks ago

Office blocks that have gyms.

[–] rosamundi@lemmy.world 52 points 3 weeks ago

The office where I work in central London, UK has bike parking for 300 and only eight vehicle parking spaces. We also have a fitness suite. There's two (male and female) locker rooms with showers, towels provided, a drying room.

At least one of the green building standards doesn't give you the top rating unless you have provision for active travel, institutional investors won't buy your shiny new building unless it's rated "Excellent" or "Platinum", tenants are looking for added extras which encourage their staff to come to the office rather than WFH.

And Westminster Council charges business rates (property tax) on parking spaces.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 29 points 3 weeks ago

Manufacturing plants? Usually if there's a changing room there's showers

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Used to work at a tire factory and we got paid $1.50 a shift on shower time. I absolutely needed it with how filthy i would get each shift

[–] Faresh@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

What qualifications does such a job require?

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pass a full panel drug test and have a pulse

[–] jj122@lemmings.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And be 100% ok with having work only clothes since carbon black ruins everything.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

We had uniforms that dod a great job of taking most of the grime for me. But operating a Banbury was the dirtiest i have ever gotten at work.

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 21 points 3 weeks ago

Many white collar offices have gyms.

[–] XiberKernel@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The building I worked at in the Chicago loop had showers for bike commuters. Might be a big city thing.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Also most factories have shower rooms because it's physical labour and you often smell by the end of the day.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I work in an office and I smell by the end of the day

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

As someone mentioned, gyms. I biked to work at one of my previous places, and if I wanted to shower, I'd head to the on campus gym. That gym had stalls, so theoretically ou could talk in the shower, though I never did.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Office I worked in had shower rooms. I did bike to work but never showered there because eeewwww.

[–] dankm@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

My last two offices had showers. No communal room, but the thing I remember most about the last one is the hot water being pumped from the furnaces of hell itself. It took so long go get there, and was so hot once it did I can't think of any other explanation.

[–] Atrichum@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Mines and quarries