22Jul2025

One Room, Twelve Seasons ๐Ÿงฃ๐ŸŒด

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When summer hits our office, things heat up… and cool down. At the same time, we run twelve seasons.

Letโ€™s talk about the real challenge of modern work life having four official seasons: Finding a temperature everyone agrees on.

โ˜€๏ธ Outside: sunshine and 27ยฐC
๐ŸŒฌ Inside: full winter modeโ€ฆ for some.

Yes, itโ€™s summer in Zurich. The lake is sparkling, the ice cream shops are thriving โ€” and in the office? Thermal chaos.

One personโ€™s in a ski jacket.
Anotherโ€™s in shorts.
Someone is sweating under a blanket.
And someone else clutches hot tea, while glaring at the open window.

โ„๏ธ Whatโ€™s the โ€œidealโ€ office temperature?

Experts say: 21โ€“23ยฐC.
Science claims: thatโ€™s perfect for productivity.
The human body replies: โ€œlol no.โ€

At 21ยฐC? Half the team files for frostbite.
At 23ยฐC? The other half demands ice packs.
At 22ยฐC? Everyoneโ€™s unhappy โ€” just for different reasons.

๐ŸŒฑ Enter the mighty cooling ceiling

In Zurich, air conditioning is out. Sustainability wins! โ™ป๏ธ Full exposure to seasons.

Instead, we rely on cooling ceilings: quiet, clean, clever.

But also moody, slow to react, andโ€ฆ completely useless once someone opens a window.
(And someone always opens a window.)

๐Ÿงค And so begins the climate dance…

  • Scarf vs. sandals
  • Hot tea vs. iced coffee
  • Passive-aggressive fan wars
  • Strategic desk moves
  • Layering that would make an onion proud
  • And always one person saying, โ€œIโ€™m fine!โ€

๐Ÿค Final thought: We adapt to Seasons.

๐Ÿฅถ We freeze. ๐Ÿ˜“ We sweat. ๐Ÿ˜‚ We joke. We learn to live with thermal confusion.

Because deep down, no one is really comfortable โ€” But somehow, it works.

๐Ÿ’™ And to our brave Wealth Management colleagues in Singapore
Where the office temperature only starts to feel โ€œrightโ€ below 20ยฐC ๐ŸงŠ

We admire your chill โ€” literally.

Source: LinkedIn

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Cartoon office with employees dressed for different seasons, illustrating temperature chaos in a Zurich wealth management firm

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