Water coolers are fast becoming an essential component of any office, but as with any other type of equipment, they need to be the right fit for the needs of your business.
There are various different office water coolers for every type of office, including bottled water coolers and plumbed-in or mains water coolers.
It is important that you factor in the size and type of office you have when choosing the kind of water cooler you need in your business.
Small Offices
If you have a small business with up to around twelve staff, you have a wide choice as to which water cooler to get. The average employee should drink around six cups of water throughout the workday, so an office of 12 people should consume around 72 cups of water per day.
A bottled water cooler will generally suffice for most small offices, as you the bottles will not be depleted that quickly. If you have a lot of visitors or clients in your business, though, or have minimal storage space for both full and empty water bottles, it may be a better idea to go with a plumbed-in office water cooler.
Medium-Sized Offices
The more employees there are in an office, the more important the choice of the appropriate water cooler becomes. The choice of an office water cooler for a medium-sized office should depend on the amount of space you have and where your employees are physically located within that space.
A medium office with several small groups of employees working in separate areas may either call for multiple bottled water coolers in each area or a plumbed-in office water cooler in a common area close to all. While purchasing multiple water coolers may seem like to have a high initial cost, they will also mean higher productivity if employees don’t have to go far for water.
Large Offices
Plumbed-in office water coolers are the best way to go for very large offices, as they provide a virtual 24/7/365 supply of fresh, hygienic, chilled drinking water with the least hassle. Many of the top-of-the-range models offer cold, hot and ambient water options and are self-cleaning so demand virtually no maintenance. They can also be colour-coded and branded with your company logo.
