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Employees fretting over their pets can be a drain on workplace productivity, according Canine Kingdom, an Albany, N.Y -based pet-advocacy group.
As many as half of the nation’s workers own pets and most feel guilty about leaving them at home alone when they’re at work, the group said.
“Employers can play a vital role in increasing their company’s productivity by easing the concerns of their employees and supporting the dog owner in managing daily care,” Beth Close, the website’s founder, said in a statement.
Among other strategies, employers can help workers manage pet caregivers or make other home arrangements to keep pets healthy and happy, Close said.
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Eric Shannon on March 30th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Here’s a business opportunity for someone - if people at work are so concerned about their pets, maybe there’s a business in installing webcams in the pet owners home, so they can view live streaming video of their dog while at work. Charge an installation fee plus a monthly fee.
Or a bigger score would be installing systems at kennels, doggy day cares, etc. They would charge a monthly fee to their clients that wanted to use it, and you’d do a rev share agreement.
Just a thought. It would do nothing to increase worker productivity as discussed in the initial post, but it’s a way to capitalize on an obvious want in the marketplace.