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Has anyone noted how unusual it is that the heavy-on-the-culture tech cos would be the ones leading the way on & #39;work from home post-covid& #39; thing?
A lot of Silicon Valley cos were HUGE evangelizers of the value of in-person office culture
A lot of Silicon Valley cos were HUGE evangelizers of the value of in-person office culture
Facebook went so far as to build its new HQ building as a SINGLE ROOM (but the size of like 4 Home Depots) because of the value of in-person interaction https://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2012/08/29/gehry-designs-facebook-office-fit-for-buzz-in-one-room/">https://blogs.wsj.com/developme...
This in-person culture in the booming tech companies spurred a reevaluation of work-from-home policies at the older / tired tech cos. Yahoo and IBM reversed course and brought people BACK to the office https://qz.com/924167/ibm-remote-work-pioneer-is-calling-thousands-of-employees-back-to-the-office/">https://qz.com/924167/ib...
The reversal seems to suggest one (or multiple of) of the following
-creativity isn& #39;t sparked by office culture/human interaction as much as previously thought
-creativity isn& #39;t as in demand as it was previously
-this is just a fad
-Other
-creativity isn& #39;t sparked by office culture/human interaction as much as previously thought
-creativity isn& #39;t as in demand as it was previously
-this is just a fad
-Other
One of the areas that drove a decent amount of demand at WeWork was its pitch that boring sterile old corporations could & #39;outsource culture& #39; to WeWork, so the UBS& #39;s of the world would turn to WW to redo their own offices and attract cool millennials https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/21/magazine/wework-coworking-office-space.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
