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I have this dream that the closed down/ghost shops blighting towns and cities across the UK will be converted into co-working spaces. Your employer rents a des
by CraigJPerry 2y ago
I have this dream that the closed down/ghost shops blighting towns and cities across the UK will be converted into co-working spaces.
Your employer rents a desk for you, you probably get to walk to work or at least enjoy a very short commute. You have people from other employers around you for the social aspect. Etc
I guess WeWork was a similar idea that shows now is not yet the time for this.
I still think it’d be great - reduced commuting miles / time wasted. Cheaper offices that are nicer (don’t like this co working space? Just book into a different one) etc etc
- philsnow 2y agoI don't know if it's different in the UK, but at least in the states, tech companies only have offices in the most locally-expensive areas, so if their offices were converted into co-working spaces, I'd still have to commute to them. If every neighborhood had at least one pub and if every pub had an upstairs co-working space, that would be amazing. edit: ah, I realize now that I took the word "shops" to mean the colloquial "tech companies", but you probably meant brick-and-mortar retail stores that have been slow-killed by the internet
- kyleee 2y agoYour dream can already be true, just use the turkish barbers and betting shops as coworking spaces. Cheaper too
- fragmede 2y agoWeWork was killed by a dishonest CEO, and problematic financials. As far as a product, it was pretty great to drop into a random town or city and be able to have a hot desk to work from.