Thread by @chris_herd

I spoke to 10 x Billion $ companies who canceled return to the office due to the delta variant

A few predictions on what else is going to happen

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☠️ Office Death: leases are expiring and not being renewed

By the time people can return to the office a lot of companies will no longer have space to return to

🏃‍♂️City Flight: workers will continue to leave the cities their offices are located in

Many will end up quitting their jobs if their companies try to force them back to the office

🚜 Rural Living: many people, particularly those with families, will move to have more space, bigger homes

‘Second-tier cities’ will do very well as people move back to the areas they are from

🎡 Hybrid Conflict: what companies think hybrid work is and what workers think it is are two different things

Workers think it means being able to work remotely whenever they want

Companies think it means telling workers when they must attend

Huge resentment will happen

🏗 Construction Cancellation: perfect storm of high commodity prices and empty offices will lead to far less being built

There will be a huge deficit in high quality spaces optimized for remote workers when they do come together physically

🌍 Global Hiring: almost everything company will begin expanding the areas in which they hire

Remote work will democratize access to the best opportunity even more rapidly over the next 6-12 months

❌ Offsite Postponement: Most companies will stop remote off sites until at least the end of Q1 2022

There will be a big push forward on things that build culture remotely and perks delivered in peoples homes

🔏 Hyper Turnover: workers have seen how they’re companies intend to remote work

Many don’t like what they have seen

We are about to live through the highest period of turnover between companies in history as people find the company who gives them what they need

📬 Micro Coworking: spaces close to home will rise rapidly for people who don’t want to or can’t WFH

This will be a home on every street, kitted out with the right furniture, great coffee, and on demand fitness equipment

💺 Office Furntiture: the best companies in the world will care about their people the most

Making sure workers are as safe, comfortable and productive at home as in an office is essential

Great companies will do this

Bad ones won’t

🛑 Async Emerges: remote work has lasted so long people are fatigued by the office being replicated remotely

Being in video calls all day makes you feel busy but crushed productivity

Most companies are looking to become more async as a result

⛓ Habits Fixed: remote work has lasted so long, some behaviors will be almost impossible to change

By the time people can go back into the office safely, remote work will have been the norm for millions of people for over 2 years

🚙 Commuting Death: no matter what companies try workers will never accept commuting 2H a day again

Companies who don’t realize this will push their best people out the door

💰 Remote Savings: spending $10K-50K per worker on office space each year will never happen again

Companies won’t just save this cash, they will use it to retain and attract great people

💉Vaccine Debate: there will be furious discussion on the right policy’s companies will roll out relating to vaccinated and unvaccinated workers

🚌 School Closures: will happen widely again. This will put huge pressure on working parents

Some companies will find ways to help their workers

❤️ Remote Communities: workers living closer to other friends, family, or people with similar hobbies who all work remotely

Shared childcare, living closer to the things that make them happiest, all while continuing to do great work

Why do these companies talk to me?

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