With the evolving professional work culture, the methods of work are also changing. Professionals are becoming more flexible with their working skills, geographies, time and money. The concept of working from home and freelancing is not new now. A lot of people cannot adjust with fix time and money that a typical job offers and that’s why some of them choose to become freelancers or entrepreneurs. Now, as every coin has two sides, this method of work also had some drawbacks. Freelancers and entrepreneurs got bored of working in home environment and they needed a place where they can feel like office and work on their own terms. This necessity caused the invention of the idea of coworking space!
What is Coworking Space?
If we define coworking in professional language, it is work setup that offers a shared working environment, often an office, but an independent activity. People who are coworking, are generally not employed by a single organization like the mainstream office culture. These people can be freelance web developers, artists, contractors or entrepreneurs.
Coworking Stats
The trend of coworking spaces is still limited to some geographies only but it’s evolving faster and some people are really nailing at investing in it at this early stage and looking at multiplying their money when the concept is on boom! Currently, there are around 7000 coworking spaces across the globe which is expected to touch the 10000 mark by the end of 2016. But, why is it looked as a very attractive business idea? Why are professionals choosing to use a co-working space?
Reasons for choosing Coworking space
Professionals respect some common work values when they are looking to work for someone else or themselves which are Community, Openness, Collaboration, Accessibility, and Sustainability. They need a proper mix of these values in their work environment which has very less chances of existing while they are operating from home and even in a typical office environment, there is not guarantee of this mix. Coworking offers something far more than simply that of people working in the same place or operating from home, a fundamentally new way of thinking about how to work and share with others.
Some businesses are working dedicatedly towards the concept of coworking and offering coworking spaces to people who crave to work in an organizational setup without losing out much from their pockets. They offer creative infrastructure which includes dedicated working space with furniture, internet connection, print, scan and other basic facilities, food and some free events and trainings as well. Above all these, they offer a collaborative environment where people get the motivation to work.
The concept of coworking space is currently in the incubation stage itself as the trend is only prevailing in the major cities across the globe and it will take time to target professionals in smaller towns or villages. But, the future of the concept of coworking space looks brighter to many startup gurus!
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