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The 2020s will be remembered as the remote work decade
Having spoken to 1,700+ people about remote work, here are a few reasons why people want it
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Having spoken to 1,700+ people about remote work, here are a few reasons why people want it
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Life-Work Balance: The rise of remote lets people prioritise what’s important to themPeople realizing they are more than there job will lead to deeper purpose in other areas
Greater Control: 9-5 working is a remnant of the industrial revolution Nobody is productive being forced to work 8 straight hours every day
Remote allows people to work around living rather than sacrificing life for work
More Freedom: Office work disqualifies or discriminated against certain groups Remote is freedom to access opportunity for
- single parents
- caring for family members
- health conditions or impairments
Less Waste: having to commute fir two hours a day to work on the same technology you have at home is insane Having experienced remote work, 90% of workers never want to work in an office again full-time
Health & Wellbeing: A lack of commute will give workers 25 extra days a year to do other thingsWorkers will exploit the freedom they have to organize things more freely in their day. Afternoon runs, morning meditation, 2 things a lot of people I know now do
Hobbie Renaissance: Remote working will lead to a rise in people participating in hobbies and activities which link them to people in their local communityThis will lead to deeper, more meaningful relationships which overcome societal issues of loneliness and issolation
Escape the City: the allure of the city is being eroded by technology. You can easily spend time there without living thereA huge number of people are leaving big cities behind in search of a higher quality of living elsewhere
Micro Co-working: everybody doesn’t wants to work from homeA third space will emerge: a home on every street is transformed into co-working spaces
It comes with all the amenities needed, like high-quality coffee, and has on-demand fitness equipment like @onepeloton bikes
Distraction Avoidance: The backyard home office will skyrocket in popularityThere will be an explosion of people purchasing standalone units for their backyards for this
Diversity & Inclusion: The most diverse and inclusive teams in history will emerge rapidlyCompanies who embrace it have a first-mover advantage to attract great talent globally
Companies who don’t will lose their best people to their biggest competitors
Relationships Reimagined: closest social contact decided by your boss’s HR policies is badLeads to shallow superficial relationships because the only thing you have in common is your employers bottom line
Tools that inspire deeper new & existing relationships will be huge
Synchronous Rejection: for too long we’ve accepted disruption and distraction as an excuse for collaboration and communicationMost knowledge working jobs don’t have to be synchronous, productivity is detrimentally effected when they are
Happier People: modern office working has led to the deepening of major societal issuesPeople will find meaning alongside work by depending on the social relationships of work far less
Hyper-Turnover: we are about to live through the highest period of turnover between companies in historyWorkers will reorganize rapidly, choosing the workplace that suits their working style best
Child Connection: Hearing your child’s first laugh, seeing their first steps won’t just be in the memory of one parentBeing there, feeling like your children know you. Dropping them at school each day. Small things that remote gives
Visa Issues: The problem with workers having to leave a job due to the expiry of their visas will no longer existCompanies won’t accept losing their best people simply because their right to be in a specific country expires
Remote will be an easy option
4 day work weeks: The arbitrary requirement to work 5 days per week will be diminished as output emerges as the only metrics of performance that matterA 4 day work week will be the first step, followed by not just a mandate to work anywhere, but to work any time as well
Ongoing Perks: Coffee, food orders, child care; the next wave of in home perks will give power to each worker to control exactly what they wantServices that let companies provide them while enabling workers to personalize to their preference will explode to prominence
Travel Explosion: The unshackling of millions of people will lead to revolutionMillions of workers will take working breaks where they travel globally while continuing to work. New visa and forms of taxation will try to emerge to capture this but will prove impossible
Creativity Explosion: Side hustles, passion projects, fan subscription services will accelerateNo-code tools that lower the barrier to entry, providing infrastructure than let's individuals create better product/content more quickly will be a super power for users
Why do so many people talk to us about remote work? http://FirstbaseHQ.com
