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How do companies function without the structure that working together in the same building has traditionally provided us? Tech companies are struggling to define their approach to work in a post-pandemic world.
Prior to the Pandemic, it was thought that you needed to be in the same place to get serious work done.
This was true for large tech companies. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Apple did not build campuses or skyscrapers just to abandon them. They built them to show off their economic power. When the Pandemic hit in March 2020, it changed how we think of work.
Suddenly, we had a giant laboratory to experiment with everyone working from home, and while there are certainly some problems, depending on your business, your job, and, frankly, your living situation, it showed that whole categories of workers didn't need to be sitting in a cubby.
I spoke to a variety of people in the tech world, from consultants and investors to startup founders, to try and get a grip on what the next phase of work is going to look like, and without a doubt, tech companies have at least become a lot more flexible when it comes to
There is no one-size-fits-all answer, but there are enough examples to suggest a shift away from the traditional office setup.
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