Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
I work for a small company (on-line publication) in a small office building (maybe 60 people in the building); I bike commute daily and have good support, if not some good-natured ribbing (like yesterday riding my fatbike to work when it was -12F). The building was sold last year and the new building owners added an indoor rack to encourage their employees to bike.
Back in 2009 I biked to work less often to a much larger industrial company (roughly 1,000 employees), they were very supportive with bike rack right outside the door leading to the locker rooms. The worst issue, the racks could fill up on a nice day. I never had any issues with management or co-workers.
To the OP comment, my wife works for a VERY large health insurance company, they basically discourage bike commuting. No place to change, no place to lock up a bike, not allowed to bring a bike into the building. She is not working in a leased building, I think the situation would be better in the corporate owned buildings.
What is WRONG with health insurance companies????
I find that particularly odd as they foist "wellness programs" onto other companies and try and encourage
their employees to be more active, including cycling!
I didn't select an option in the poll as mine didn't seem to fit the choices exactly:
* cage in the parking garage for our bikes
* shower and locker room, albeit old, run down, and a neglected after-thought
* theoretically towels available in the locker room, but often this gets neglected
* co-workers are not negative. I wouldn't say they exactly encourage me though.