MILLIONS of people will never work in an office again full-time

There are 255 million desk jobs globally. 128m+ will be done remotely a majority of the times by 2030

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A Gartner survey of HR execs said 90% of companies will allow at least some remote work indefinitely

A survey of 32,000+ people I conducted last week said 96% of people don’t want to work in an office again full-time Image
Let’s hope it leads to a quality of life upgrade a generation of workers deserve

For me, traditional work meant missing my daughter walk & laugh for the 1st time

If the pandemic has any silver lining maybe it’s realizing remote is the future of living over the future of work
For companies to do this well, they need to move far more quickly

The disconnect between what people think companies are able to do and what they are actually able to do is huge

There are so many fundamental things that still have to be addressed for it to succeed
As many companies will die from doing remote work badly as do from not going remote quickly enough and losing their best people while becoming far less cost efficient
We need to stop thinking about remote as the future of work

It’s far bigger than that. Remote is new operating system for living

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In the last 12 months I've spoken to 1,500+ companies about their plans for remote work in 2021

Here are a few 'request for startup ideas' based on what I've heard

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⭐️ Personal Branding: The best companies in the world will empower individuals to create and grow their personal brands

Companies who elevate their people will dominate in talent attractions and retention
🤖 Personal RPA: Robotic process automation will transform work for individuals.

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14 Jan
The largest companies on the planet will cut office space by 50-70% over the next 3 years

128m+ of the 255m desk jobs globally will be done remotely at least 3 days a week by 2030

This is the first inning of remote work
The death of the office has been greatly exaggerated? Hardly

People are craving physical connection
Parents are struggling with schooling
We all miss things we can’t do now

The office? Nope

In a post-vaccine world, the benefits of remote increase even more dramatically
It’s not an either or. We will still see colleagues but it won’t be every week. Monthly onsites & quarterly off sites are most likely

This is eCommerce vs. Bricks and Mortar retail all over again

eCompanies crunch bricks and mortar companies
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I spoke to 1,000+ companies over the last 6 months about their plans for remote work going forward

Here are a few things I've learned

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🏢 HQ's are finished: companies will cut their commercial office space by 40-70%

The will allow every worker to work from home 2-4 days a week, and come into the office 1-2 days a week

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🎡 home-office setup: Companies who cut their office spend will use that money to provide world-class setups for their teams at home

Companies who don't will lose people to companies who do
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I spoke to 1,700+ people about remote work in 2020

A few predictions of what will happen in 2021

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Almost every region that has something which would attract people to move there will do the same thing

Incentives for remote talent to move will grow quickly
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Tools that enable async work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
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I've spoken to 1,500+ companies about their plans for remote work Post-Covid

Here are the things I heard will happen in 2021

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🏢HQ's are finished: companies of all sizes will cut their commercial office space by at least 40-60%

The will give their team the choice to work from home 2-4 days a week, and come into the office 1-2 days a week
🌍Fully distributed: ~30% of the companies we talk to are getting rid of the office entirely and going remote-first

Companies doing this have seen their workers decentralize rapidly, leaving expensive cities to be closer to family
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I've spoken to 1,500+ people about remote work in the last 9 months

A few predictions of what is likely to emerge before 2030

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