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How many remote workers choose to pay for a coworking desk (reimbursed I’m sure) instead of just working from home though?

by tempsy 7y ago

amerine 7y ago
My completely personal experience hints that lots and lots now and more and more every year.
- ghaff 7y ago
  Personally, I haven't really seen this. People need to get together in conference rooms from time to time for meetings and they rent space for that. However, on the video calls I'm on more or less daily, essentially everyone is in a company location, traveling, or at home. I've know people who did rent a co-working office but it's been the odd exception. To be fair, most of the remote people I work with are relatively senior and that may make a difference. They probably care less about having the social aspect of an office and they probably tend to have more room at home for, e.g., a dedicated office.
kevstev 7y ago
Remote workers can often get some budget for a coworking space. Not enough to work there every day. But enough to get out of the house every once in awhile. There is also just the contingency aspect of it- I had a scheduled power outage in my building when I was working remotely, I could either take off that day, or just find a coworking or other space, but I chose to try a coworking space. Power outages may not be common, but there were also days when I had family in town and such, and just didn't want the distraction.
Mvhsz 7y ago
So I actually have a free wework pass from my online masters degree program. I live about 3 blocks from a large wework that was built in the last couple of years. My company let's me work from home whenever I want. I have a 45 minute commute so I usually WFH on fridays or anytime I have an appointment. I went a few times when it was novel, but after that I really only use it less than 1 in 5 of my work from home days. And on some of those WFH days, I'll walk to the coffee shop accross from the wework to get an espresso and then go back and work at my house. Point being, I don't find wework to be a compelling remote work offering when it's free. So it seems unlikely to me that there's very much room to grow in that market.

How many remote workers choose to pay for a coworking desk (reimbursed I’m sure) instead of just working from home though?

by tempsy 7y ago

How many remote workers choose to pay for a coworking desk (reimbursed I’m sure) instead of just working from home though?

amerine 7y ago

My completely personal experience hints that lots and lots now and more and more every year.

ghaff 7y ago
Personally, I haven't really seen this. People need to get together in conference rooms from time to time for meetings and they rent space for that. However, on the video calls I'm on more or less daily, essentially everyone is in a company location, traveling, or at home. I've know people who did rent a co-working office but it's been the odd exception. To be fair, most of the remote people I work with are relatively senior and that may make a difference. They probably care less about having the social aspect of an office and they probably tend to have more room at home for, e.g., a dedicated office.

kevstev 7y ago

Remote workers can often get some budget for a coworking space. Not enough to work there every day. But enough to get out of the house every once in awhile. There is also just the contingency aspect of it- I had a scheduled power outage in my building when I was working remotely, I could either take off that day, or just find a coworking or other space, but I chose to try a coworking space. Power outages may not be common, but there were also days when I had family in town and such, and just didn't want the distraction.

Mvhsz 7y ago

So I actually have a free wework pass from my online masters degree program. I live about 3 blocks from a large wework that was built in the last couple of years. My company let's me work from home whenever I want. I have a 45 minute commute so I usually WFH on fridays or anytime I have an appointment. I went a few times when it was novel, but after that I really only use it less than 1 in 5 of my work from home days. And on some of those WFH days, I'll walk to the coffee shop accross from the wework to get an espresso and then go back and work at my house. Point being, I don't find wework to be a compelling remote work offering when it's free. So it seems unlikely to me that there's very much room to grow in that market.