Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever? | The New Yorker
This is an incredible piece for innovators in commercial real estate and the workplace.  Change before our eyes, no doubt.  [https://www-newyorker-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/01/has-the-pandemic-transformed-the-office-forever/amp](https://www-newyorker-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/02/01/has-the-pandemic-transformed-the-office-forever/amp)
[{"id": "gl98052", "text": "I'm a little skeptical of the \"death of the office\" takes.  No one knows for sure but I would bet we see a lot of partial remote work stuff--e.g. come into the office 3 days/week.  Now you can live a bit further away since you commute less often, traffic isn't as bad since so many people are doing the same, etc.\n\nYou don't need to be at the office to do a lot of white collar work but it seems obvious to me that (at least for now) the tech we've used to replace in-person isn't as good for everything.\n\nObviously I could be very wrong, it just seems that some people are a little overconfident in this space.", "replies": [{"id": "gl98thc", "text": "There is absolutely no true death of the office but a new way to work. Distributed and driven by choice in many cases.  The hub and spoke concept coupled with occasional WFH and the utilization of various flexible space alternatives.  We are crafting that future right before our eyes.  Dror Poleg is a futurist and his ideas cover a lot of ground.  You are right, we MUST continue to meet up and collaborate in person to create our tomorrows!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gl9oxo5", "text": "Of course it's changed forever. For every office company that thinks the only way they can be successful is to be in the office, there are 500 who have learned they can be more productive and hire people from anywhere. \n\nThere will still be some benefits to having an office, but the idea that people needed to be in cubicles to work was always dumb, and the past year has proven it. \n\nConversely, salaries will also be in flux as companies start using workers from global talent pools. This happened in the IT industry about 20 years ago; the prediction was that companies would hire cheap programmers and network pros from Asia and Western based employees would be out of work; however what actually happened was that the salaries of the IT people in Asia and elsewhere quickly rose.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "glaiaqc", "text": " I like this comment from the article.  \u201cWe think every company is going to need to invest in a digital workspace for each employee.\"  For the past two weeks I've continued to WFH but also in a digital workspace provided by WELO.  It's my first experience doing this and it's been so interesting.  There is an emotional element to being back in an \"office\", and once again collaborating although different for sure!", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gljme2e", "text": "The \u201cdeath of the office\u201d is overrated but the nature of the office will change. I expect to see smaller HQs where only really tier 1 employees attend often, I expect to see more co-working spaces in suburban centres plus greater mixed use (office, retail &amp; hospitality in the one building)", "replies": [{"id": "gllfjf4", "text": "u/Noble_House_Taipan Hub &amp; Spoke all the way.", "replies": [{"id": "gloh1kr", "text": "Hub and spoke is one way of describing it, but think of a shrunken hub that looks much more attractive than before, and the spokes being either individual\u2019s houses or smaller regional/suburban offices", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]