Every Major Company Reducing Office Space: 2020-2023 [buildremote.co]
This article was updated in April 2023 and shows major U.S. businesses have recognized...
THREE HIGH IMPACT FACTORS:
WHAT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTS?
The governments have been weary of the remote working trend for three reasons.
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
I believe several changes are bound to happen:
What do you think?
News just went on air today = April 28, 2023 at 3.30pm CST.
Airbnb let its workers live and work anywhere. Spoiler: They're loving it
"The business has actually never performed better since we moved to this program," says Airbnb Chief Financial Officer Dave Stephenson. "It's working really well for us."
Other companies, including tech ones, are taking a very different path. The Pew Research Center found that among people whose jobs can be done remotely, just over a third are still working from home all the time, down from 43% a year ago.
At Airbnb, all but a very few employees have a choice: They can work from home (anywhere in the country where they're based), or they can go into an Airbnb office (there are 26 of them around the world). [npr.org].
One thought that comes to mind is the elimination of the assistants who answer calls and make appointments. Since covid and the rise of remote working and the shortage of workers, I am finding it more and more difficult to make appointments. Whether it is with a government, medical or private industry, the hold time on the phone has increased. I often find myself playing "phone tag" with many entities. I still work in person and I do not have much time at work to make those necessary calls that pertain to life and living and I certainly do not have time to hang on hold forever. So I leave a message and when they call back (if in fact they do) they leave a message and so on. I don't find this system very efficient and I wish we could go back to real human beings answering the phone and dispensing accurate and timely information.
Technology will improve, and not just cope up but in fact introduce efficiencies in the work flows. A lot of phone calling is made difficult intentionally to force you to use automated website workflows to make appointments yourself. All tools are provided. If you go to PayPal website, you will find it hard to even find a phone number to contact. However you will get a quick response to your contact us form message.
@St-Sinner I had an experieince like that with a streaming service (Peacock). There is no phone number for that service. And you are right; when I went through the "chat" feature on their website I got service. However, I have tried to "chat" with other companies and found myself going around in the same circles as I would if I was trying to call At&T's customer service (I do not recommend the experieince). Call me old fashioned, but I think every business should have a phone and real person answer it.
This is the dilemma our generation is facing. The changing technology is requiring us adjusting to and accepting the new technology. It started with online banking, check21 year ago and it will lead to no street level banks at all soon. I agree it causes frustration but I believe these are technology's growing pains and it will get better every year.