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Hundreds of people commuting from all over to gather at some gigantic corporate center everyday should be a thing of the past. It was bad for workers, bad for t

Hundreds of people commuting from all over to gather at some gigantic corporate center everyday should be a thing of the past. It was bad for workers, bad for the environment, bad for neighborhoods/housing, and a bunch of overhead for the company to deal with. That said collaboration and socialization are a great part of working. My dream is satellite offices, it would be cheap to have 10-20 5000 square foot offices spread throughout the bay area instead of one giant 50000sf mega office in the heart of downtown San Francisco.

SomewhatLikely 5y ago
And if the team members don't live near that satellite what then? Centralized offices at least minimize the expected commute for workers randomly scattered around the metro. Satellite offices could lead to even longer commute times.
- ericmcer 5y ago
  How? They could have a largish satellite in the city itself as well… I don’t really see how having more offices distributed throughout the area would lead to longer commutes. They could even scale up/down areas based on popularity.
  - ghaff 5y ago
    What is the point of a bunch of satellite offices if co-workers are fragmented among offices with others even further away? At that point might as well give people co-working space subsidies.
reustle 5y ago
Local smaller coworking spaces could be a good middle ground
- cableshaft 5y ago
  Before the pandemic I was thinking it could be nice if neighborhoods were redesigned so that they were like a grid that surround a neighborhood co-working space and park, and have some commercial food options at the corners (so each corner serves four neighborhoods). Commute would be like 3-5 minutes at most, easily biked, also easily go home at lunchtime or reach multiple food options within a 3 minute drive, even more with a 5 minute drive, etc. Spent a few minutes and made an image of what I was thinking: https://imgur.com/gallery/3ybeBDE https://imgur.com/gallery/3ybeBDE
CountDrewku 5y ago
Sounds like you're suburbanizing the office environment, which has all sorts of negative aspects... I would like to know how something like this would even work with the limited space in large cities. There's a reason they build up and not out.
bradlys 5y ago
Ah, yeah, the absolute worst then. I get to now go to an office and have to still deal with all the remote aspects because Billy is in office 1, Jenny is in office 2, Alex is in office 3, and I’m here in office 4. Since these offices are spread throughout a large geographical area - there’s no real way for us to easily meet up for a meeting randomly. Wooo!! On top of that - small offices tend to have less amenities as well. So now there’s no gym, maybe no kitchen, and very little benefits to the office overall because everyone is still distributed and now you have a super shitty micro office that clutters up a suburban hellscape. Awesome…

SomewhatLikely 5y ago

And if the team members don't live near that satellite what then? Centralized offices at least minimize the expected commute for workers randomly scattered around the metro. Satellite offices could lead to even longer commute times.

ericmcer 5y ago
How? They could have a largish satellite in the city itself as well… I don’t really see how having more offices distributed throughout the area would lead to longer commutes. They could even scale up/down areas based on popularity.
- ghaff 5y ago
  What is the point of a bunch of satellite offices if co-workers are fragmented among offices with others even further away? At that point might as well give people co-working space subsidies.

reustle 5y ago

Local smaller coworking spaces could be a good middle ground

cableshaft 5y ago
Before the pandemic I was thinking it could be nice if neighborhoods were redesigned so that they were like a grid that surround a neighborhood co-working space and park, and have some commercial food options at the corners (so each corner serves four neighborhoods). Commute would be like 3-5 minutes at most, easily biked, also easily go home at lunchtime or reach multiple food options within a 3 minute drive, even more with a 5 minute drive, etc. Spent a few minutes and made an image of what I was thinking: https://imgur.com/gallery/3ybeBDE https://imgur.com/gallery/3ybeBDE

CountDrewku 5y ago

Sounds like you're suburbanizing the office environment, which has all sorts of negative aspects... I would like to know how something like this would even work with the limited space in large cities. There's a reason they build up and not out.

bradlys 5y ago

Ah, yeah, the absolute worst then. I get to now go to an office and have to still deal with all the remote aspects because Billy is in office 1, Jenny is in office 2, Alex is in office 3, and I’m here in office 4. Since these offices are spread throughout a large geographical area - there’s no real way for us to easily meet up for a meeting randomly. Wooo!! On top of that - small offices tend to have less amenities as well. So now there’s no gym, maybe no kitchen, and very little benefits to the office overall because everyone is still distributed and now you have a super shitty micro office that clutters up a suburban hellscape. Awesome…