Hotels have begun to turn their lobbies and common areas into WeWork-like gathering places, attracting both guests and locals.
Even @nytimes spotted this trend ☝️https://t.co/GhfXNsAsPs
— Peter Fabor (@faborio) December 14, 2018
Looking at the Workfrom numbers, one piece of data really stands out. The majority of remote workers in the community primarily work from home. Even if they do work from someplace else, these community members are spending at least some portion of their work life working from home.
In other words, about 80% of remote workers spend time at home five days a week, and most likely they’re not interacting with people, contributing to the feeling of isolation and disconnection.
So, how does Workfrom help?
As Darren says, it helps them have access to a variety of other places they can work. People who use Workfrom steer clear of traditional office settings and anything that reminds them of the real office and instead have the opportunity to explore unique, interesting and varying workspaces to meet their remote working needs.
Every day on @workfrom people clock-in while working from an IKEA, a WeWork, a bar, a restaurant, a coffee shop, a cafe, an independent coworking space, a library, a donut shop, a hotel, a brewery, an airport and even a hospital ?.
Things are changing ya’ll.
— Darren Buckner ????? (@darrenbuckner) April 29, 2019
On-demand coworking to empower today’s workforce
There’s a huge gap in the market. On the one end, there are companies with excess space, and on the other, there are remote workers looking for a spot to work.
“We’ve entered into a whole new era of where and how we work. It’s a massive shift and this shift requires us to look at everything that we know about today a little differently as well as to start building infrastructure for the future. In this day and age that we’re in, a lot of the infrastructure is going to be virtual and on-demand.”
This is why Darren is launching Homebase, a match-making platform to connect underutilized working spaces and remote workers.
The system functions as follows:
- The remote worker buys credits.
- They choose a coworking space and pre-pay a credit for the given day.
- They go and work there.
- Rinse and repeat.
It’s a system that removes many barriers, doesn’t force employees to have to invest in buying a monthly pass and it’s been one of the staples of Workfrom, helping to bridge the gap that many remote workers face across the world.
For more, listen to the full interview on the More Beach Meetings podcast page or wherever you listen to podcasts.