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Re-emergence - a new future for the office environment

Alexandra Hatcher

If you are an office based organisation, have you started to re-think your office space for the future post-covid19? We think that our work life patterns and needs will be very different and with the proven ability to all work from home, what do we really need our office space to do for us? We will no longer need banks of desks and want to use our space for meaningful face to face interactions with our teams, customers and as a showcase for our employer brand.

Are any other companies looking to do a similar review and what ideas have you thought of initially? I would love to hear ideas on Facilities, People and Digitalisation.

Thanks for reading!

Alex

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  • I think a lot depends on the individuals desire to do this too not just the organisations desire, they may not have somewhere suitable to work from home on a more permanent basis, it may be too disruptive to their home lives, they may feel isolated etc. If they did agree, the expectation would also be that the organisation would need to supply the right kit to allow staff to do this without risking their health and safety (sitting at an unsuitable workstation or flat surface if you can find one, is no fun I'm sure many of you will agree) and perhaps an allowance to contribute towards the costs such as phone bills, internet use etc. I would caution thinking that everyone is happy/can accommodate working from home, a lot of consultation needs to take place too as part of any move away from office based working.
  • in reply to Elaine Helen
    Some valid points made my Elaine and borne out by my own (now slightly outdated) research.
    For many people the additional problem with WFH is that processes are set up to favour those in the office. It can be a true 'out of sight out of mind' scenario when it comes to promotion prospects and work allocation (who gets the interesting/career progressing projects).
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  • in reply to Elaine Helen
    Some valid points made my Elaine and borne out by my own (now slightly outdated) research.
    For many people the additional problem with WFH is that processes are set up to favour those in the office. It can be a true 'out of sight out of mind' scenario when it comes to promotion prospects and work allocation (who gets the interesting/career progressing projects).
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