There is a notion that work makes it doubly hard or even impossible for employees to do some shopping in between, go to church before hand, have a regular workout, or unwind or rejuvenate immediately after office. To be able to actually do these things, one must take a day off or work under-time.
Fortunately for workers, most companies are now adjusting to the changing times, adopting a new emerging workplace setup wherein the office is integrated into one’s home and lifestyle environment.
Practically putting life into one’s work, this new live-work arrangement is a well suited for companies with 24/7 operations, allowing personnel to make an impromptu dash to the shopping mall, restaurant, bar, fitness and health clubs, and even the church, in their rather irregular work schedule.
Such kind of setup is very much at play at the newly-opened OneEcomCenter, the SM Investment Corporation’s cutting edge building for the modern office. Strategically located at the Mall of Asia Complex, the OneEcom Center provides leading edge design and facilities for various businesses such as e-commerce, contact centers, business process outsourcing companies, customer relationship management services and specialized office uses, while offering tenants not only a workplace but a place to live.
“The workplace setup is changing in response to the needs of employees. Lifestyle, leisure and entertainment-related facilities have now become important components for the modern office. This is the trend and it’s good because the employees can concentrate on their work and still go about their regular activities without wasting so much time, especially for travel. The OneE-com Center is designed to meet the needs of today’s new generation of employees who also lead a dynamic lifestyle,” said Josefino Lucas, executive vice president for real property of SMIC, a leading advocate of the live-work concept.
With this setup, OneE-com Center’s tenants can afford to do a lot of things.
For their retail therapy or a quick lunch, they can use a connecting bridgeway to easily hop in next door to the SM Mall of Asia, the country’s largest shopping mall.
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