The ideal remote working situation comes with perks like cutting out commutes, increasing quality family time and productivity and achieving a better work-life balance without losing social interaction, nuance and sense of community.

However, that is not exactly possible amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Most of us have little choice but to resort to “work from home”. Yet, self-isolation is crippling our creativity, challenging our motivation and passion, and elevating the sense of loneliness. In other words, we miss our co-working space and fellow coworkers.

It’s no secret that flexible coworking spaces bring a number of practical as well as financial benefits to the table; but there’s so much more they have to offer. Most important benefit of coworking spaces for organizations is a stronger sense of work identity among employees.

Obviously, shared workplaces are a bustling mix of diverse values, right from entrepreneurs, small businesses to big corporate organizations. This might lead you to expect a disconnect between an employee’s work identity and that of the company they work for. Given that they are exposed to multiple work cultures at once, it seems logical to jump to that conclusion.

However, the opposite has been proven true by a HBR survey.

Work is rapidly and dramatically changing! Offices have diverted from the classic office look to a more engaging, inclusive and interior design focused workplace. It’s safe to say that 2020 will be the year of the office face-lift.

We are now in the second month of the new year and decade, and from what we can see, there are some major shifts in the workplace. We are redefining co-working, flexible working, sustainability and mental health awareness. It’s time to crack the rigid 9-to-5 schedules.

Putting in more hours, getting more work done, achieving more targets and delivering more deadlines. It’s always more, more and more.
But it eventually leads to less self-care, and less productivity.
And while you are in the rat race, huffing and panting your way to a drained evening – have you spared a thought for yourself? Your physical and mental health? Are you giving enough time to self-care?