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How does anyone get any work done?   Productivity is an essential (and obvious) part of any business; if no one did any work, businesses wouldn’t be able to grow and succeed. People who want to be efficient at their jobs take steps like eating right, exercising, and getting adequate sleep to ensure that they’re in top form from 9–5.
According to the National Research Council of Canada, “overall environmental satisfaction will be an important contributor to job satisfaction even when other aspects of job satisfaction are accounted for.” So, employers are also looking for ways to boost productivity among their employees—starting with creating work spaces that people actually want to come to every day. Here are some office spaces, right here in Canada, that we think you’d love to work in.

Corus Entertainment
There are few things cooler than being able to work at your dream job, except getting to “slide around” in the offices of your dream job. Assuming integrated media and entertainment is your calling, Corus Entertainment might just be the place for you. Although there are a lot of media companies out there, there probably aren’t many that have a three-storey slide built right inside the building to transport yourself when you don’t want to use the elevator. The office slide might just be one of the best ideas ever: it’s a fun way to get around, and it’s an energy-efficient option to taking an elevator or escalator, too!

Google
In November 2012, BlogTO gave us a sneak-peek of what the new Google office in Toronto looks like, and we definitely liked what we saw.
The new office, which opened in order to accommodate a growing staff, features a mini-golf course, a massage room, arcade games, and a sound-proof music room to rock out with your co-workers, (complete with instruments). And that’s just some of the many, many cool things you can expect to find when you work in Google’s Toronto offices.

Shopify
“The idea that we had for this space was to take all the good things from the old offices and eliminate the bad things that didn’t quite work out,” says Daniel Weinand, co-founder and chief culture and design officer of Shopify. The result is a colourful and creative space where employees are free to express themselves, starting with the desks where they sit. They’ve combined open-concept areas with traditional cubicles and rooms for 4–5 people, which they call “pods.” Weinand says, “I think that the productivity [at the office] is really good right now because of the layout of the spaces.”
Employees are even encouraged to, and often do, decorate and personalize their work spaces. “If someone has an idea of how they want to decorate a room,” says Weinand, “they can go ahead and do it. Each room has its own identity now.” Seeing the office space consistently changing and adding to the character of a building that already has a lot of history—it has been home to a night club, a spaghetti factory, and even a strip club at one time or another—is what keeps the creative juices flowing. “I feel like people feel very comfortable being at the office and want to come here because they’ve collaborated and made it their own.”
Shopify photo credits: Ben Courtice