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Even if people just go from 5 office days per week to 4, that’s a reduction in office use by say 20% (in reality slightly less because at 4 days/week in office
by alkonaut 6y ago
Even if people just go from 5 office days per week to 4, that’s a reduction in office use by say 20% (in reality slightly less because at 4 days/week in office I’d want a personal desk which I wouldn’t at 1-2 days/week, but on the other hand a few days a week I’d be fine with sitting in a shared space as I can focus when I’m at home).
The question isn’t how many companies will “go remote”, it’s what fraction of the week people will be remote on average. What happens to the market for office space of demand drops 20% in a year?
I think the idea of 100% in office for no other reason than “managers like the idea of seeing people work” is dead. Some companies will keep this policy but those companies will be at a huge disadvantage in recruiting.
- masonic 6y agoa reduction in office use by say 20% Only if people stagger their off days equally across the week. If instead everybody takes Friday off, you still need the same office capacity Monday-Thursday.
- alkonaut 6y agoYes and if people still want personal desks, it's 0% regardless. In reality the figure will be somewhere between 0 and 20%. But 1 day/week sounds very low imo.
- wccrawford 6y agoBefore Covid, we had gone to 1 remote day per week, with half the people on Monday and the other half on Friday. We had 1 fully remote person in IT, and a few in Sales. We had already decided not to go 2 remote days, though we had seriously considered it. That left us somewhat prepared for Covid. I think fully remote has gone better than expected, but I'm pretty sure we'll end up with an office again and 1 remote day.