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I'm really annoyed by the regular "as a freelance X/highly paid professional in my 40's from Surrey/CEO of company promoting remote work blah blah let me tell you the office is dead".
Where do you think young people who share flats /houses will get room to set up home offices? /1
Where do you think young people who share flats /houses will get room to set up home offices? /1
Will 3/4-bedroom houses with two working parents automatically grow an office wing?
It's much cheaper and more efficient to provide good quality office environment than to push it onto individuals /2
It's much cheaper and more efficient to provide good quality office environment than to push it onto individuals /2
If you're an introvert finally able to do work remotely, good for you, but lots of people need collaboration (and not the "online collaboration tools") and chats with colleagues and inspiration and coffees etc. Instead of having a 3-minute chat you now need to schedule a call /3
The diary is swelling with meetings, the number if emails skyrocketed. My husband has been working with a team in the US for 5 years. He used to go there physically regularly, as after 5-6 weeks the quality of contact would start to deteriorate. /4
And office food and cleaning is now on you as well. In the first lockdown our flat was spotless, despite messy toddler at home and no help. We needed this for our mental wellbeing, with two stressful jobs. I calculated, we spent c. 20 hours a week cleaning between us. /5
Now think about the start of your career and how much guidance and constant help you needed. Some more, some less, but still most quite a lot.
Yes, the office will change, but probably not as much as excited fans of home working expect. /6
Yes, the office will change, but probably not as much as excited fans of home working expect. /6
I also hope there are lots more physios available in the next months... I love all the cheery home working stock photos with people sitting on sofas and benches with laptops..
