Tech firms are getting more flexible with where people work
This isn’t as bad for office operators as you might think.
Tech companies are already more likely than those in any other industry to offer flexibility in where people work, and they’re getting even more flexible. The share of tech companies considered “fully flexible” — either fully remote or allow workers to choose where they work — has grown from 75% last June to 79% this June, according to new data from Flex Index, which surveys more than 9,000 firms on their office policies.
That’s good news for employees — who value the ability to make their own decisions — and it’s actually not terrible news for office owners and operators. That’s because the growth is mostly coming from firms that last year were remote-only now giving employees the option of going into an office. In other words, they’re not forcing people to be remote. Of course, it’s also coming from tech companies that used to require people to come to the office full time.
