RIP Office Space (not the movie, that's still great)
Straw poll: Are you renewing your office lease?
I spent much of my holiday break reconnecting with old contacts. One thing kept coming up: many of them aren’t renewing their office leases. They’re either going full remote or downgrading to a smaller space.
I remember when the pandemic started. We thought we’d be back by June. Then maybe September. Lol.
Now we’re asking ourselves: do we even need to go back? Ever?
Remote work was shockingly easy to figure out. If anything it was an indictment on how behind the times everyone was.
The next shoe to drop was onboarding and training. It took a while, but most companies got a handle on it.
Sure, there’s value to working onsite together. But one thing's clear: that value isn’t as much as everyone thought.
Straw poll: what’s your company doing?
Who’s renewing, who’s canceling, and who’s downgrading? And why?
Side note: no, I didn’t shave over the holidays. And yes, this is as good as it gets and why I don’t try to grow a beard.
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