Boston Business Journal wrote an article about Deloitte’s new office in Boston and for some reason they chose to lead with this:
You won’t find trash cans at the desks in Deloitte’s new 138,000-square-foot office at Millennium Partners’ Winthrop Center tower in Boston’s Financial District.
That’s because the professional services giant’s leaders want employees getting up and going to common receptacles for trash, recycling and composting, part of the sustainability push that led the firm to sign a lease at the new building.
Said Deloitte New England MP Rebecca Chasen, “It forces people to go out and do the right things with their trash.” First you force people back into the office and now you won’t even give them their own trash cans?
We don’t know what type of trash cans Deloitte uses so we’re just going to have to guess on this one. Trash Cans Unlimited (seems legit) sells a 30-pack of these 14 gallon plastic desk side cans for $223.86, so approximately $7.46 per can.
Times about 3,500 employees in the Boston office and that’s a savings of $26,110.
When announcing the deal via press release last summer, the developer said that Deloitte’s Winthrop Center lease was the largest office lease signed in Boston and the surrounding community up until that point in 2023. They also said:
Located in the heart of Boston, the next-generation office space features a floor plate designed for a collaborative, flexible work environment; outdoor space on every floor; and amenities geared toward enhancing the everyday experience and wellbeing of organizations’ most important assets, their people. The newly signed lease is the largest office lease signed in Boston and the surrounding community this year. Deloitte is targeting to move into its new space at Winthrop Center in fall 2024.
Trash cans not included.