An office HVAC surprise awaits my colleagues

I wonder if my colleagues at work will ever figure out it was me who let the boss in on what has been tearing our office apart. But, it had to be done and I guess I don’t really even care. I answered a straight forward question when I was asked. The HVAC setting in our office was so highly contested that it was creating a real rift in people that I consider not just co-workers but also friends. But the office has devolved into a petty place all over the stupid HVAC setting. I understand, as I work there as well, that working in an uncomfortable environment is no fun. It has become a tipping point for people with polar opposite personalities to have at each other. The clashes are becoming more and more frequent and people are starting to get personal. So when my boss asked me what was going on with me, I just told him the truth. He was aware that there was some disagreement over the HVAC but had no idea of how far it had gone. The boss spent a few days really watching the situation and that convinced him that there had to be action. I’ll give him a lot of credit for how he handled it. First, he had the HVAC people come in and convert the existing system to a zone controlled system. This way, people could group together by comfort level. However, he went a step further and started office wide talks to address the underlying contentious issues. I applaud him for that because he is solving a near term problem while aiming to solve a long term one.

 

Cooling specialist