The more I talk to people about ‘hybrid work’ the bigger the problem becomes

What companies and workers think think hybrid is are very different

Workers = being able to work remotely whenever they want

Companies = telling workers when they must attend

This will blow up ⏰💣
When both parties say they want hybrid it appears there is agreement

There isn’t

Workers thing that being surveyed during the pandemic means they have made how much remote they want very clear

They expect to be listened to

Most companies won’t
We are about to live through the highest period of turnover between companies in history

And companies will be shocked

“We asked you what we want and gave you what we think you wanted”

This isn’t the great resignation

It’s the great reset
In a knowledge based economy workers are the company

Where you don’t employ great talent you can’t be a great company
The remote work dilemma will determine the futures most successful companies

If you’re less remote than your biggest competitor they will steal your most talented people

Companies that are more remote will crush companies that are less remote

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30 Sep
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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🚜 Rural Living: World-class people will move to smaller cities, have a lower cost of living & higher quality of life

These regions must innovate quickly to attract that wealth. Better schools, faster internet connections are a must
⏰ Asynchronous Work: Offices are instantaneous gratification distraction factories where synchronous work makes it impossible to get stuff done

Tools that enable asynchronous work are the most important thing globally remote teams need. A lot of startups will try to tackle this
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20 Sep
Goodhire recently surveyed 3,500 Americans to understand the current state of remote work

What they discovered will shock every company thinking about going back to an office full-time

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68% of Americans would choose remote working options over in-office work
85% of Americans believe that their colleagues and other employees around the nation prefer working remotely rather than working from the company office.
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10 Sep
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
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9 Sep
Blows my mind some people believe going back to the office is the only way to see people IRL

Employers controlling your closest relationships is a bad thing

Your closest relationships depending on business success – where if that changes relationships end – is even worse

🤷‍♂️
This highlights so many societal issues around friendship and meaning

Go back 30 years, people had hobbies outside of work

Now, work occupies so much of your day, and commute time has grown, meaning people no longer have time for relationships outside work
People don’t need more shallow, superficial relationships that happen via full-time office work

They need deeper, meaningful relationships with the people they care about most

They need more time to do the things that make them happiest with others who share common interests
Read 8 tweets
1 Sep
I spoke to 3,000+ teams about remote working after Covid-19

This is what I learned

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🏢 HQ’s are finished: companies will cut their commercial office space by 50-70%

They will allow every worker 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
Read 23 tweets
20 Aug
I've spoken to 2,000+ companies over the last 12 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 50-70%

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