Can Work Resorts Lure People Back to the Office?
The latest RTO carrot? Work resorts. Think of office workers as tourists. Check them into a building that they can write home about, mix them with like-minded people and make them feel taken care of.Then they’ll put up with the commute.
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At least that’s the idea behind “work resorts,” or offices that are more like boutique hotels than glass-and-steel skyscrapers.
Outdoor gardens, cozy seating areas, co-working spaces and more secluded desks — all with a sleek, hotel-like feel — offer something for every type of worker. Art galleries, restaurants and cafes on the ground floor transform the building into a destination for the wider community beyond office workers.
The concept of work resorts is emerging as banks and other large employers are slipping out of aging high-rises in traditional business districts like London’s Canary Wharf or Paris’s La Defense, settling instead into more compact spaces surrounded by shops and cafes. We explore some of these new work resort locations around the world.??
Readers: Could a “work resort” draw you back in more days a week? Tell us what amenities, designs or perks you would like by joining the conversation below.
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P&C Insurance Claims Client Relationship Manager
3 个月Wow we need a work resort to tell us that people like “more secluded desks!”! A quiet space to work, What a surprise!
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11 个月Gerlem
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1 年RTO is not about the office aesthetics. It is about the environment provided for productive and collaborative work that results in innovations and meaningful relationships among employees in support of business success and, personal and professional growth. If such an environment cannot be provided by employers, then forcing employees back to the office will frustrate the leadership, management and baseline employees who contribute to business success.
Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
1 年Hmmm, interesting idea. For those that do want to return to the office, it sounds like it could be a nice environment. And for those that never went remote due to the nature of their work. I do think allowing remote workers to remain at home is also still important for the many reasons indicated via comments. Options instead of all-or-nothing. ??
Production Engineer
1 年I like the resort my home office provides over any open space plush environment a company thinks it can offer.