From the course: Facilities Management: Returning to the Workplace

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What if I need new space?

What if I need new space?

From the course: Facilities Management: Returning to the Workplace

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What if I need new space?

- I've talked a lot about reconfiguring and rethinking your existing work space. But what about those that gave up their work spaces and don't have office space anymore? I think this is a real scenario for some. I know several small businesses that had 2 or 3 or 4,000 square feet of office space at the beginning of the pandemic. When everyone got sent home and the offices were closed, they found that they could function with everyone working remotely. As the situation dragged on with little certainty about when the end would be, they gave up their office space. Why pay all that money in rent each month for a space that no one's using? As time continued though, some of these businesses began dealing with things like employees suffering from work-from-home burnout. People began to miss their physical office spaces and their coworkers or some just found that although they really wanted to work from home, they weren't…

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