Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky Says “Working At The Office Now A Relic Of The Past”
deadline.com.In an interview for Time’s The Leadership Brief published Sunday, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky called working in an office “an anachronistic form” that’s “from a pre-digital age.”His remarks are backed by his own corporation.
Airbnb announced earlier this week that its employees can work remotely forever without any pay penalties, something other companies have imposed.Chesky said Airbnb had its most productive two-year period ever while its staff worked remotely, and said the talent pool available for hire is widened by less restrictive rules on remote work.“I think that the office as we know it, is over,” he told Time. “We can’t try to hold on to 2019 any more than 1950.
We have to move forward.”“If the office didn’t exist, I like to ask, would we invent it? And if we invented it, what would it be invented for?
Obviously, people are going to still go to hospitals and work, people are going to still go to coffee shops and work — those spaces make complete sense.
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