Good dog, good job?
More dogs sit, stay at work
By SUE MANNING | Associated
Press – Tue, Jun 12, 2012
I found this article on yahoo. I thought it was a fun
concept and reminded me of an internship I did a couple of years ago. The employees
I worked for had their two dogs at the office and it made the job a lot more
fun and less stressful. As you can guess by the title, the article was about a
new trend of employees taking their dogs to work with them. Many employers are seeing
the benefits of allowing employees to bring their dogs with them such as having
the dog there for a stress reliever. The owner can pet the dog if they are
getting stressed about a project or they can take a break and take the dog for
a walk. There are also social benefits of having the dogs at work because they are
good conversation starters and help break down barriers between employees.
According to the article, “about 1.4 million owners take
some 2.3 million dogs to work every day.” Google and Amazon are two of the
larger companies that are dog friendly. Many companies encourage the employees
to bring their dogs because they feel it is a way to retain employees. They
employees are happy to have their dogs at work with them so they are less
likely to take alternative jobs that may not be dog friendly. Employees can
also work longer shifts because they don’t need to go home to take care of
their dogs because they are already in the office with them. Many of the dogs
also enjoy going to work because they receive a lot more attention.
For this project I plan to use images of dogs and the
workplace. I may even play around with posing the dogs at a desk and have them “working”
like humans do for fun. I may also use illustrator to dress the dogs in work
clothes or something along those lines.
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