We have nice big desks. The chairs aren't Aerons but we don't buy them (in our last office we bought cheap chairs and they sucked. I promised never to do that again, in our next office if I'm buying the chairs, everyone is getting an awesome chair).
We have natural light but I want a balcony. I think if we had a balcony it would be nicer for smokers (smoking's not permitted in the building) and we'd get a decent view of whatever's around.
We're pretty lucky. You can see the Kennet Canal from our roof, but otherwise it just looks like urban Reading, Berkshire, UK. Lately with the frankly crap weather we have more light from above than from outside.
We have a wide selection of alcoholic drinks and hangover cures - ornamental of course. It's mostly wacky stuff we'd never drink, although there's an 'Emergency Guinness' and this weird stuff called 'Dr Hangover - with 47 ingredients!'. We have a Nabaztag that tells us when pentests finish, when investigations are over and when we get paid. Unfortunately he's very insecure so we keep him on his own network.
We don't have whiteboards - we used to but not anymore. Instead we have detachable flipchart paper and blu tack. It's like infinite white boards, that is actually awesome. You just take it down when you don't need it.
We have a golden lucky chinese cat from vegas and a book with pictures of Japanese girls in school uniforms. I think there's a reason for both but I still haven't worked it out.
A good coffee machine/water cooler (hooked up to the mains) is essential. It doesn't have to be in your office, just in your building.
We're near a train station so parking isn't important. Being in a city it turns out is important for us. You can go on your lunchbreak and do pretty much anything and get back in time for work. In our last office we couldn't do that, and frankly compared to our own office it sucks.
I'd avoid game consoles, nap couches, dark rooms etc. What's the point? I worked in one office with a fussball table. It was great to play but bad to work around. Focus on what makes people work well and keeps people happy, not what compensates for suck.
We have natural light but I want a balcony. I think if we had a balcony it would be nicer for smokers (smoking's not permitted in the building) and we'd get a decent view of whatever's around.
We're pretty lucky. You can see the Kennet Canal from our roof, but otherwise it just looks like urban Reading, Berkshire, UK. Lately with the frankly crap weather we have more light from above than from outside.
We have a wide selection of alcoholic drinks and hangover cures - ornamental of course. It's mostly wacky stuff we'd never drink, although there's an 'Emergency Guinness' and this weird stuff called 'Dr Hangover - with 47 ingredients!'. We have a Nabaztag that tells us when pentests finish, when investigations are over and when we get paid. Unfortunately he's very insecure so we keep him on his own network.
We don't have whiteboards - we used to but not anymore. Instead we have detachable flipchart paper and blu tack. It's like infinite white boards, that is actually awesome. You just take it down when you don't need it.
We have a golden lucky chinese cat from vegas and a book with pictures of Japanese girls in school uniforms. I think there's a reason for both but I still haven't worked it out.
A good coffee machine/water cooler (hooked up to the mains) is essential. It doesn't have to be in your office, just in your building.
We're near a train station so parking isn't important. Being in a city it turns out is important for us. You can go on your lunchbreak and do pretty much anything and get back in time for work. In our last office we couldn't do that, and frankly compared to our own office it sucks.
I'd avoid game consoles, nap couches, dark rooms etc. What's the point? I worked in one office with a fussball table. It was great to play but bad to work around. Focus on what makes people work well and keeps people happy, not what compensates for suck.