“You end up getting to know so many people in different parts of the business, which can be useful.”Ībout 8% of employees in the UK are allowed to take their dogs to work, according to research by .uk, and the practice has been going on for years in the pet sector. “People will ask to come and see him, and find out where you sit,” she says. Gemma Gillingham, owner of Max the labrador cross, agrees. “People will stop you in the corridors to stroke your dog so you start talking to someone in a different part of the company who you’d never normally have spoken to, or have only encountered over email.” “The atmosphere in the office is warmer now and more sociable,” she says. But there are less obvious business benefits that Nestlé has experienced, according to Forbes. Nestlé owns Purina, the pet food brand, so presenting the company as dog-friendly is good PR and attracting animal-loving employees makes business sense. “There’s something about it that feels so right.” “It’s like having a member of your family in the office,” says Forbes, owner of Reggie the beagle. Most of the time, however, the dogs lounge around on large cushions, chewing on company-provided toys and treats, their long leads fastened to metal hoops in the floor by their owners’ desks. Employees can choose to bring their dogs (AKA canine colleagues) to meetings in designated dog-friendly rooms or let them off the leash in the newly created garden, Central Bark.
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