This is what coronavirus will do to our offices and homes

antimatterx

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-dc2d6e2d-3ab4-42de-8d03-bb7eda5fff8e

A pretty fascinating insight into what the future of work will look like. As a software engineering, I'm so lucky and privileged that I could potentially never see the inside of an office again,

The national broadband plan needs to speed up and be implemented. It needs to build infrastructure in areas with the worst speeds and work from there. It could lead to people dispersed all over the country, and reduce the overpopulation in Dublin.

Del2005

Dublin isn't overpopulated and by international comparisons is tiny, the problem with Dublin is NIMBYism and rural people complaining that a city gets too much investment vs sparsely populated areas. We also don't want people dispersed all over the country we want to have them in towns/villages so that it's easy to provide infrastructure and other public amenities, one off housing is the ruin of this country and spending €3bn+ to give every house in the country fibre broadband isn't the solution.

krissovo

My office will be never be the same thats for sure and I am lucky as well that my company has embraced a new way of working. The building capacities when they open next March will be reduced by 25% and all roles are work from home first apart from a few facilities functions but these will be rotated.

Our office will have flexible areas that you can book and screen off as needed. So say create a temporary team area or book a single desk. Meeting rooms will be gone and replaced with standing table areas.

Home offices are popular, try searching and sourcing a garden cabin or finding a builder for a attic conversion at the moment.

Dymo

A little bit over sensationalised, but I think I can definitely see a lot of those aspects being introduced, I think it makes sense for big companies if they want to save money, there is no need to have everyone in the workplace. With software like Timedoctor employees can be tracked comprehensively.

Whats going to stop it is, the older style thinking of most companies, once a person is in sight they can be controlled better. Plus it's not going to suit people with young families where there are kids running around the house but definitely a semi flexible work from home / office could be achieved.

Agreed the national broadband plan needs to speed up and be implemented. if your 2 miles outside a town or village you battling with 2MB broadband speeds.

unhappys10

Work is way too centered in Dublin, something needed to change and with a bit of luck this will push that change.

Clamering into the city centre every day and doing the same in reverse each evening is ridiculous when work can be done as easily from home.

My job has been 100% wfh since March 12th with no loss of productivity. Once I have my laptop and decent Internet which I have, I can do my job from anywhere.

People paying stupid prices for houses to live in Dublin to be close to work could change also. If you only had to go to Dublin once a week you'd be happy to do it from anywhere in the country within reason..
I used to commute from Ballinasloe to Stephens Green each day, I'd quite happily never set foot in Dublin again.