Interesting Ideas on Getting Employees Back to the Office

Christopher Aquilina, SIOR with tenant rep firm Spring 4 n the United Kingdom, , said “Tenants are increasingly understanding that if they want to woo their staff back from WFH (work from home), they need to offer best-in-class office space in a convenient location.” He goes on to say  “Developers need to be part of the solution to ensure that the offices they are delivering provide the amenities that staff actually want…including bicycle storage, showers, gyms and changing facilities to reflect new commuting patterns.” A few other nuggets from this Spring 2024 SIOR article, ‘video conferencing has become the norm and a requirement in most conference rooms…’now that the balance of power has swung to the employees – who know that there are an increasing number of fully remote roles available to them – they’re much more resistant to long and expensive daily travel and simply won’t come in.’  Still, the biggest ‘win’ to get them back into the office is to provide accessible premises…teams aren’t interested in pizza on Fridays, they want resilient IT and a variety of flexible workspaces that truly reflect their needs: quiet space for focused work, and separate, more creative areas for collaboration.” Ps I personally still like pizza any day my office provides it…