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Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Re: Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Post by anonAndOn »

easton wrote: post #15
ignoramous wrote: post #6

Congratulations on the launch! > If you’re one of the 3 of 4 people who wants to work flexibly post-pandemic, or if you manage a workplace, we’d love to hear from you. One of those is Andy Jassy, CEO-elect at Amazon, who is on-record that Amazon is likely to switch to a hybrid model where folks would may be reserve desks when they intend to be in-office but mostly work remotely otherwise. Absolutely a huge market. >…

I wonder how having to hotdesk affects people wanting to work in an office. I prefer going in to working at home, but having to worry about whether there is a desk for me there and having to bring my desk toys (or important things, like mice) in every day might become grating after a while. If I could book a desk for multiple days and get penalized if I didn't use it, that would probably work fine. (Or even lose the…

Dedicated lockable rolling carts work well in this situation. My external keyboard, mouse and miscellany roll around to whatever desk is available.

Re: Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Post by theresaklaassen »

anonAndOn wrote: post #31
easton wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how having to hotdesk affects people wanting to work in an office. I prefer going in to working at home, but having to worry about whether there is a desk for me there and having to bring my desk toys (or important things, like mice) in every day might become grating after a while. If I could book a desk for multiple days and get penalized if I didn't use it, that would probably work fine. (Or even lose the…

Dedicated lockable rolling carts work well in this situation. My external keyboard, mouse and miscellany roll around to whatever desk is available.

That’s a great idea. I’ve also seen a less secure “cubby” model where people just have trays.

Re: Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Post by esotericn »

Literally no-one I know wants to hotdesk. It's the proletarian option for junior staff; it's a very clear form of cost-cutting.

A fair few people I know do want to visit the office 3 of 5 days, sure.

Reading this sort of thing is just bizarre. It's like that special brand of American "fake smile".

Open offices cut costs too. Are they better?

"Everything is fine".

Re: Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Post by mechero »

Good idea, congrats! Have you considered building a platform for remote workers connected to these features? I mean, offices could rent out their spare desks for other people not in their organization, and remote workers could book them for a limited time.

Not the same use case, but I think it's not far from what you offer.

Re: Launch HN: Worksphere (YC W21) – Manage flexible in-office or remote workspaces

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Post by heelix »

theresaklaassen wrote: post #30
heelix wrote: post #28

There is little worse than hoteling desks. One of the reasons our current facilities is a ghost town is nobody wants to use a hot swapped desk. Sure, we have an aggressive cleaning staff... but nobody wants to reuse a mouse/keyboard right now. There is a distinct lack of private space and storage and most don't want random hands on their space. I doubt we have more than 20 people in a facility that can house thousand…

I’m curious - was your office hotelling pre-pandemic or is this a new model?

Pre-pandemic.
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