11-12-2023, 11:08 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67334476
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(Source: Benoît Grogan-Avignon / Above article)
The billion-dollar business WeWork has filed for bankruptcy in the US, but that doesn't necessarily mean co-working spaces are going out of fashion. The concept may simply be evolving - to the benefit of High Streets in towns and suburbs.
"We live in a small apartment and I'm sharing the working space with my husband who's also working hybrid," says Jill Parrish, who works for a market data consultancy in central London.
"It's a bit fraught. I have distractions like the washing machine, various household tasks - and my husband!"
But instead of resuming her two-hour commute to the City, she comes to co-working space Patch, near her home in Twickenham, south-west London, twice a week. Her subscription allows her eight visits a month to hotdesk.
Yeah, I can certainly see the appeal of something like this: it'd allow employees to have a psychological separation between 'home' and 'work', whilst still avoiding potentially-long commutes to the office. It's similar to the 'work booths', but it also allows employees to be sociable (which again, is something they miss when working from home).
Would you use one of these?
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(Source: Benoît Grogan-Avignon / Above article)
The billion-dollar business WeWork has filed for bankruptcy in the US, but that doesn't necessarily mean co-working spaces are going out of fashion. The concept may simply be evolving - to the benefit of High Streets in towns and suburbs.
"We live in a small apartment and I'm sharing the working space with my husband who's also working hybrid," says Jill Parrish, who works for a market data consultancy in central London.
"It's a bit fraught. I have distractions like the washing machine, various household tasks - and my husband!"
But instead of resuming her two-hour commute to the City, she comes to co-working space Patch, near her home in Twickenham, south-west London, twice a week. Her subscription allows her eight visits a month to hotdesk.
Yeah, I can certainly see the appeal of something like this: it'd allow employees to have a psychological separation between 'home' and 'work', whilst still avoiding potentially-long commutes to the office. It's similar to the 'work booths', but it also allows employees to be sociable (which again, is something they miss when working from home).
Would you use one of these?
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