Office furniture company Kinnarps have launched their ’Did you know’ campaign. “Did you know that you will spend 5.7 years of your working life in meetings or that office workers who spend 12 hours or more sitting are at higher risk of fatal blood clots than passengers on long-haul flights? Did you also know that […]
April 20th, 2009
Office furniture company Kinnarps have launched their ’Did you know’ campaign.
“Did you know that you will spend 5.7 years of your working life in meetings or that office workers who spend 12 hours or more sitting are at higher risk of fatal blood clots than passengers on long-haul flights? Did you also know that we will spend 600 hours of our working life gazing at a colleague?”
Kinnarps has compiled a video series of interesting facts and figures about the Australian work environment and sheds light on your time in the office. Go to did-you-know.com.au to find out what else goes on in the office.
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