A healthy employee is a happy employee. Looking to drive happiness across their employees, fashion company Louis Vuitton has shut its elevators, encouraging staff to use the stairs. 

The decision comes amid rising energy expenses where the Company saw an opportunity to improve the happiness of their employees, while saving money on corporate overheads. 

For some staff, the additional exercise has been well received. But for Hugh Honey, who works in the Archives division, the correlation between happiness and healthiness is a stretch. 

“I get that the price of electricity has increased but I also feel a bit disadvantaged here, being the only employee in the Archives division. 

“For everyone located in the first three floors of the building, it’s not a lot of stairs but Archives are located on Level 25. 

“I’ve lost 20kg this week alone. I think they should look at re-opening the elevators for…” 

The interview with Honey ended abruptly after he passed out from exhaustion.