We’ve always said the Breet team works remotely, and we meant it. Some of us have a home office, some pull the strings from a work station in Yaba. Some get down with it from a hotel lobby in Accra. And, just some weeks ago, a team member was working while on a cruise ship (HR had to step in, by the way). I digress. The point is, the product ships, the system stays competitive, and nobody needs an on-site office cubicle for that.
Donât get me wrong, we had an office, but it wasnât motivating enough. So, we looked at each other and asked: What if we also had a physical space that was so good, people would actually want to show up?
Challenge accepted.
We cooked up a new office in Lagos. And now we are contractually obligated to tell you that it goes hard.
Note â I will not attach any picture, so you can indulge yourself in your imagination. But Iâll attach a video at the end. You’re welcome.
The Entrance Already Has Audacity
You walk in, and the first thing you see is a mirror made entirely out of the Breet logo.
Not to flex, not for content (or maybe it is). But purely so you can do a quick outfit check before you sit down and pretend to be productive.
Because what is the point of coming to work looking good if nobody acknowledges it? The mirror acknowledges it.
Beyond that, the entrance looks like you’re walking into a 5-star restaurant. The kind where someone almost asks if you have a table reservation.
First impressions matter. We take that personally.
The Vibe-Check Jar
Right when you walk in, there’s a candy jar.
But it’s not just any candy jar. Each candy flavor is a mood: Adventurous, happy, sad, brilliant, bold, and sophisticated.
You pick based on how you feel that day.
The happy candy is mostly always empty.
We are a company full of happy people, that’s one interpretation. The other interpretation is that there’s one person coming in every morning and eating all the happy candies before anyone else gets there. Investigations are ongoing.
The Rooftop Is the Main Character
There’s an outdoor section with a bar setup. Because someone on this team had the very correct opinion that mocktails and good work are not mutually exclusive. You can sip something cold, stare at the city, and solve a real problem. We do it regularly.
The energy up there is different. It’s the kind of place where ideas come out of nowhere, and people end up staying longer than they planned. We are not mad about it.
There Is an Ocean View
Technically.
From the terrace, there’s an ocean view; it’s beautiful. The kind of thing that makes you feel lucky to be here.
You just need to be approximately 6’5″ to see it clearly, because there are some buildings in the way.
The short kinds and queens have made peace with the fact that they can’t see it. They say the idea of an ocean view is enough. They’ve seen pictures, they believe it exists.
Open Plan Because Walls Are for Hiding
The entire working area is open. No closed offices. No little caves where someone can disappear for three hours and claim they were “deep in focus”.
Everyone is visible and accountable. The person who is supposed to be designing that landing page? You can see them. And if theyâre delaying, you can just walk up to them and give them a hard knock.
This was a deliberate choice. Walls are where productivity goes to die. An open plan is where the pressure to actually work stays alive.
The Creative Room
The podcast and video setup is in here.
The room that was clearly designed by someone who understood that lighting is not optional.
This room has the kind of energy where you walk in and suddenly want to say something worth recording.
The Relaxation Room
This one is officially for resting.
It’s not a lounge or a chill-out zone; itâs a room, for sleeping.
Last week, Linda came in, made it to the relaxation room, and that was her full day. She slept, woke up, slept again, woke up, and then she went home.
Nobody stopped her. She probably needed it. And the room was there, doing exactly what it was built to do.
So, Yes.
We work remotely and we always will. The flexibility is real, the output is real, and nobody is forcing attendance for the sake of it.
But if you’re going to have an office at all, it might as well make people feel something the moment they walk in.
Ours does. Which is why our office is fresher than yours.
One last thing: if your office doesn’t have a vibe-check candy jar, that’s something you should address internally.
PS â You can check out the video.
