EnticeLabs’ break room might be small, but it packs a punch. The Sub-Zero refrigerator is stocked top to bottom with plenty of healthy food.

Whole-grain bread? Check. Smoked salmon? Check. Gluten-free crackers? Check. Don’t be fooled, though, junk food has found its way into the cupboards more than a few times.

“We went through a phase when we were really into Red Vines,” says Ryan Probasco, vice-president of product development for the Provo startup.

The company’s break room has a selling point that most everyone can appreciate: good food.

“What is unique about our break room is what we provide in regards to our size of company. Companies as small as ours usually don’t give their employees the things we insist on providing them,” CEO Ryan Caldwell says.

EnticeLabs is an online recruiting company, and its employee base is comprised of a sales team, a creative team and a development team. These diverse groups are brought together in the break room.

In the break room’s relaxed environment, some of the best ideas are born. A large whiteboard covered in bright green, pink and yellow sticky notes documents off-the-cuff ideas conceived during robust lunchtime debates.

“Our best ideas don’t usually happen during meetings,” Caldwell says.

As with any quality break room, it is tailored to the company’s employees. EnticeLabs’ Web designers and developers are definitely night owls (e-mails with 4:13 a.m. time stamps are common). But even the most dutiful of employees need a break, and a quiet room furnished with a comfy bed is available for the occasional catnap.

APX Alarms is another local company giving employees a break. It is currently constructing a state-of-the-art facility with no shortage of break room space. Huddle rooms, meeting rooms and conference rooms will be scattered around the building.

“We want to inspire impromptu meetings and quick conversations where knowledge can be shared across departments,” says Stuart Dean, director of public relations.

The new building’s design will include a “Main Street” area designated for high-energy collaboration, and “Neighborhood” areas will be provided for quiet individual work.

A café that will serve an estimated 1,000 employees daily is also in the works.

“We want the café to be like the APX family living room,” Dean says.

The bottom line: Some companies have the money for a luxurious break room. For others, stocking the fridge with bottled water and soda is as good as it gets. Either way, the break room is the perfect place to promote an organization’s corporate culture, and more often than not, a place where work and play coexist with ease.

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