Audi needs happy workers for its cars to be well put together and that’s why the automaker has designed new group corners and break rooms at both its assembly plants in Germany.
The employee lounges were conceived with input from the faculties for wood engineering and interior design of Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences, with Audi saying their design and modular construction “are unique in the automobile industry.”
There are approximately 27,000 employees at Audi’s plants in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm and eight to twelve colleagues on a shift have their breaks there – close to the assembly lines. Nearly all components of the lounges can be flexibly combined and exchanged, with the type of partition being adaptable to the surroundings: wooden panels, panes of glass or magnetic boards.
In addition to the group corners, the company is applying the new concept also to the break rooms – as an option with a lounge area with low tables and comfortable chairs.
“Everyone knows how important it is to take breaks during a working day and to recharge one’s batteries. The more pleasant the atmosphere is in the break rooms, the better one can regenerate and return to the next phase of work,” said Peter Mosch, the Chairman of Audi’s Group Works Council.
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