MOST companies take pride in having their employees work late.
And to ensure that, after 6.00 p.m and on weekends the air-conditioning and main lights are switched off. Switching off the air-conditioning is just one way Monsanto uses its office environment to meet an HR goal. Almost a year old now, the office is a stunning example of a new trend where the HR department and the architects and interior designers who create the office come together to create an optimum workspace for the employees. We re doing a lot of path-breaking work, creating products that change behaviour, for example with genetically engineered crops that change the way farming is done. This sort of work needs people who can demonstrate an entirely different type of behaviour and who can take risks.