Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan
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#2Covid might actually result in permanent changes. Sucks for a lot of commercial real estate companies. WeWork is probably 100% done
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#3Is productivity going up, or are workers more happy, or both?
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#4Covid might actually result in permanent changes. Sucks for a lot of commercial real estate companies. WeWork is probably 100% done
Here in Tokyo, I actually feel the opposite. WeWorks are quite busy again, but then again we didn't get hit as hard as the west.
If I were a company with 100 employees, I'd get 50~ hotdesk spaces at my local coworking space chain and let employees come in up to 3 days a week whenever they feel like it.
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#5Is productivity going up, or are workers more happy, or both?
Costs, which can very easily be measured, probably went down.
A company like Fujitsu already has offices in nearly every time zone. The average meeting there already has people who are joining remotely. Teams already have to coordinate and managers already have to manage on the other side of the world. Letting people join their daily standup WebEx from home instead of whatever office they usually go to doesn't really have much impact on that workflow (especially since ~20% of the company already does that on any given Friday).
What WFH it does have is an immediate and direct impact on is cost.
If you're in management and you see that cost reduction in the numbers, productivity appears unaffected, morale appears unaffected (and some people even say it's improved) can you justify to your superiors not continuing to give people the option to WFH where possible?
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#6Covid might actually result in permanent changes. Sucks for a lot of commercial real estate companies. WeWork is probably 100% done
Here in Tokyo, I actually feel the opposite. WeWorks are quite busy again, but then again we didn't get hit as hard as the west. If I were a company with 100 employees, I'd get 50~ hotdesk spaces at my local coworking space chain and let employees come in up to 3 days a week whenever they feel like it.
And that's quite surprising to hear. I also live in Tokyo, but given how packed Chuo line/Shinjuku station in the morning for the past few weeks, it feels like everyone has already gone back to their regular office hours routine. :(
Re: Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home plan
#7Covid might actually result in permanent changes. Sucks for a lot of commercial real estate companies. WeWork is probably 100% done
Here in Tokyo, I actually feel the opposite. WeWorks are quite busy again, but then again we didn't get hit as hard as the west. If I were a company with 100 employees, I'd get 50~ hotdesk spaces at my local coworking space chain and let employees come in up to 3 days a week whenever they feel like it.
In the sense its cheaper to outsource than having your own permanent offices? That's possible but major companies would probably have them meet/come at existing offices on alternate days.
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#8Wow, that huge for Japan I believe.
I live at Kichijoji and it takes me 1 hour to get to work in Akasaka. I love my place and somehow get used to this routine, but honestly I wish I could rent a place in Japanese countryside.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here in Tokyo, I actually feel the opposite. WeWorks are quite busy again, but then again we didn't get hit as hard as the west. If I were a company with 100 employees, I'd get 50~ hotdesk spaces at my local coworking space chain and let employees come in up to 3 days a week whenever they feel like it.
And that's quite surprising to hear. I also live in Tokyo, but given how packed Chuo line/Shinjuku station in the morning for the past few weeks, it feels like everyone has already gone back to their regular office hours routine. :(
It certainly feels like that huh? I’m thankfully still working from home, but we haven’t had a permanent work from home announcement yet.
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#10Is productivity going up, or are workers more happy, or both?
I think it depends on the company and on the team.
In my company, my productivity skyrocketed, while that of my work colleagues crashed. It largely correlated with things like tech literacy and being open to change. Where I work, there are a few people with who invested in nice WFH setups, work-life integration, and all the things needed to make this work, who found productivity going up. And then there is the majority of people who stubbornly still refuse to even use a headset or learn to use tech, and are just waiting for the office to reopen.
Outside my company, it's not quite the same split, but most people are dipping their toes in rather than diving headfirst.