Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
As the senior person in my building, I can assure you that there is no way to make everyone happy.


We shoot for low 70's in the winter and mid 70's in the summer. It's been my observation that airflow is as big an issue as temperature setting. We take the blower fans off constant flow in the winter and everyone's much happier.
Would you please talk to our manager? In our medical practice, not only are space heaters and fans allowed, but the practice actually buys them! The employees just ask the receptionist and she orders them whatever they want.

In the main nursing area, there is a long "desk" table with four chair openings and the first has a space heater, the second has a fan, the third has a space heater, and the fourth has a fan.

As a supervisor, who has to work within budgets and who has a share of overseeing that safety requirements are met, I talked to our manager about this. 1. Should the practice be paying for these? 2. Should we have a supplies ordering policy that requires supervisor approval and not just a receptionist phone call? 3. Are we following safety guidelines and could we get into OSHA trouble or insurance/liability trouble?

The manager actually did do some checking (he usually "handles" problems by saying "Let's just see how it goes for awhile" - and it drags out -- and out -- and out -- ). Anyway, he decided the space heaters weren't good so he shopped around and bought replacements -- and then let staff just take the old ones home.

Then a few days later, he sat down with the supervisors and scolded us for needing to keep our budgets under better control.-- He's "quite a guy" . . .

Ideal office temperature? Mid 70's, air flow (especially in the summer), wear layers, drink water or coffee. And that's for me, not just the rules for my work group.