Architecture practices that embrace remote work will replace all the ones that wont!
This article is written, based on statistics and opinions shared by remote work expert Chris Herd in his recent publication on LinkedIn.
Chris Herd sates that:
“Companies that adopted technology 20 years ago replaced every company that didn’t.
Companies that adopt remote working today, in 20 years, will replace every company that won’t.”
He says that the reason behind it is simple and it boils down to talent and efficiency.
“A physical office means you can hire the best person you can afford in a 30-mile radius, disqualifying you from 99.9% of the world’s talent.
Remote teams can hire the best person they can afford, on the planet.”
According to Chris, the most talented people are stipulating remote work as a condition of employment. Companies who don’t provide opportunity for such freedom won’t be able to attract the best people.
Companies that currently don’t give this opportunity to their existing workers will lose their most talented people to their biggest competitors.
Due to that, office-first companies won’t be able to compete with remote-first companies in terms of efficiency, both economic and operational.
Not only will remote-first companies increase their average level of talent, but they will be far more cost-efficient.
Office-first companies spend $18,400 on average, per workplace, per person.
The best remote setup on the planet costs $2,000 per year, coffee included!
Remote is $16,400 less a year, per team member, or a $16 4 million saving per 1,000 workers.
Herd adds that offices are extremely hard environments to focus on.
Remote gives you the optimum workspace you need to do your best work.
Sadly, the only metric bad managers use to measure performance is time spent in the office. This behaviour trains your staff to just show up, not necessarily to work effectively.
Remote work is about how much work you get done, considering productivity.
Remote work is the biggest workplace revolution in history and nothing will deliver a higher quality of life increase in the next decade than switching to work remotely.
Remote workers have more flexibility to decide on their work schedule. This means that they can operate when they are most productive. Being able to organise your work around your life is a huge transition.
Being handcuffed to an office and expected to live in a high cost of living city with a low quality of life is a remnant of the industrial revolution.
Herd summarizes, by observing that remote work is exploding to prominence right now. We are living through times where everyone gets to taste the positive impact of remote work.
As much as some people will absolutely hate that, others will realize their power and influence to demand remote work as a given.
Will you, as a practice owner progress and adopt or stay in the old ways, vulnerable to new turmoil’s and crisis.
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