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The big thing that companies won't get with the hybrid approach is the ability to reduce their office space expenses, though -- unless you go to significant amo
by pm215 6y ago
The big thing that companies won't get with the hybrid approach is the ability to reduce their office space expenses, though -- unless you go to significant amounts of hotdesking (which will be pretty unpopular I expect) then "all our employees are in the office 3 days a week and WFH for 2" still means "we need to provide space for a desk for every employee and our office rental costs are the same as if everybody was still in the office the whole week".
Overall I agree with you though that mostly offices are not going to go away but that there will be an increased degree of willingness to allow 2-days-WFH and similar arrangements, especially in sectors like tech where attracting and retaining good employees is difficult -- it's a relatively cheap perk to offer and the last year has raised corporate awareness of its desirability among some employees and that it isn't actually impractical.
- benja123 6y agoPersonally I hope we move to a hot desk approach since it will lead to much less waste, but I do agree with you that it won’t be popular. At least not right now. Still there is a chance that in two to three years everything goes back to normal and the hybrid and remote model mostly disappear despite its benefits. What I actually hope happens is that the governments and municipalities encourage companies to adopt a hybrid or remote model. The more people who work from home means less traffic and the need for less transportation infrastructure which could save billions.
- nikau 6y agoYes, hot desking in a nice new building with open areas and break out pods and all sorts of shit you don't care about, but not enough lockers for staff to store their things so you have to carry a ton of crap back and forth to work hoping a locker will become available one day.