Question

Given the growth in telecommuting and other mobile work arrangements, how might offices physically change in the coming years? Will offices as we think of them today exist in the next ten years? Why or why not?

Need 300 words

Answer 1

The arrangement that the employees make with their managers or employers to work from home or other remote places from wherever they want instead of going to office everyday and this is telecommuting. Despite of the growth of telecommuting, still some of the companies want their employees to come to office and work.The Employer can prevail major benefits from telecommuting. Telecommuting provides alternative work space to everyone working in the company. The employees has started to like telecommuting and the level of flexibility has changed in the offices.

So offices might change in the following ways:

1. Design and infrastructure of the office will not be a standard: As employees will come to work in office for less number of days or according to the days assigned to them so there will be no need of giving them specific cabins and seats. The employees are free to get seated to do their work in the office. This will save the money for the manager or employer.
2. Mixing Furniture: Every employee do not want a chair and a desk to work on like some employee might feel comfortable working on a sofa, So offices are mixing the furniture.This may also allow employees to work in their comfort zone and in silence as well.
3. Less space taken by the conference rooms: Offices prefer to make small conference rooms that may accommodate less staff ( 5 to 6 employees ).  Employees has o come office for only face to face meetings or for presenting some presentation.
4. Smaller investments for for smaller offices: When lesser number of people will start to come to the office then less space will be required to accommodate them. This will lead to invest less in making the infrastructure of the office.And less resources like water, electricity will be used that will benefit the environment as well.

The offices in the coming years will change because:

1. Most of the offices in the world has permitted the employees for telecommuting.
2. Telecommuting directly and indirectly helps in the growth of everyone working the company whether it is the employer or employee.
3. Working from remote locations may help the employee to complete their work stress free environment. So we might see lesser number of employees rushing to the office everyday.
4. The rate of success of completing projects might increase as the employees might be more innovative and relaxed while working from remote locations.