Short term vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\nGeneral trend<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
According to a report conducted by Coworking Insights<\/a>, about how first-time remote workers feel about this new work experience, people have generally found benefits in home-office and remote work. More than 70% of the people that answered the survey declared that remote work had a positive impact<\/strong> on their private life (social life, family), on their finances (productivity, consumption, savings on food and transportation) and mental health (more than 77%). In the end, more than 50% of participants in the study said they’d like to pursue this remote work life-style. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n One sure thing is that once the lockdown is completely lifted, there will be changes. Businesses are well aware of the complex situation and know that the way back to central offices will be complicated and not even necessary<\/strong>. Indeed, this forced remote work life has proven that it is possible to implement remote work even in traditional offices and employees are happy about it. More companies are considering the normalization of remote work <\/strong>in order to reduce the capacity of people working at the same time at the office, to respect social distancing and offer more flexibility to their employees. Huge companies such as Twitter announce they would allow their employees to work remotely \u00abfor ever\u00bb if they wish. Jennifer Christies, Twitter’s chief HR officer wrote on a blog: \u00abIf our employees are in a role and situation that enables them to work from home and they want to continue to do so forever, we will make that happen\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This whole pandemic has created fear and incertitudes many of us never experienced in their life. The disease, fear of death, the economic crisis upfront, the uncertainty about the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a long term vision, the face of the work market will be changed forever. For now, we don’t have a lot of perspective yet because those changes are happening so fast. It is important to take into account the singularity of the situation where remote work came as an obligation and seemed to have worked for two months. Moving to a full remote work setup is not just to send people to work from home<\/strong>, it impacts all the management structure, job roles, workflow, mentorship, communication, etc. There are certain risks if remote work is not well implemented. The loss of company and team culture, a loss of productivity due to challenging collaboration processes. Other risks are related to privacy, information security and also mental health impact (loneliness, stress). Remote work can become the greatest benefit for both company and workers but needs to be structured, through strong communication processes, proper training of managers and employees and the use of professional online tools. Remote work<\/a> does not only mean home-office but to be location-independent.<\/strong> Meaning that people can choose to work from home or from an office such as a coworking space. It is a good compromise, to find a place close to their home in order to separate professional and personal life, avoid public transportation and also avoid the risk of loneliness by integrating a community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Concerning the flex spaces sector, the situation is also complicated right now. Because of the lockdown and the fear of infection<\/strong>, people have doubts and concerns about going back outside, this is why home-office is so appreciated right now. As a result, we are facing a hard reality, the imminent truth is that many small coworking spaces might disappear<\/strong>. As many other businesses, they are struggling because their space is closed, depending on their business model they are not able to invoice anything and still have a rent to pay, employees to maintain and might not have the treasury to handle this situation any longer. The restrictions during the reopening concerning capacity, events might take too long to allow those spaces to recover. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The number of remote workers will increase. From one side, the people that will start a freelancing career, startups and on the other side, a significant number of SME and bigger corporate companies will adapt their policy in terms of remote work.<\/strong> And for now, the studies are showing that those employees that were forced to start home-working during the lockdown are expressing the wish to continue to work remotely and become location-independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Remote workers will have to work somewhere.<\/strong> Indeed, home-office is not for everyone and for many reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\nCompanies are eager to implement permanent remote work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Risks and fears related to this situation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Small coworking spaces are struggling<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Positive insights for the coworking sector on a long term vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The increase of the number of remote workers <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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