00:00 COVID forced office workers home and they got used to it.
00:06 We have been through a big shock. It's been a huge change.
00:09 Normally shifts in the labour market take decades. Remote work took weeks.
00:14 We've gone in just a couple of years from very, very few people working from home to a substantial minority of Australian workers.
00:21 Office blocks are filling up again, but it's not even nationally.
00:25 On an average day in our biggest capital cities, more than three quarters of offices are occupied.
00:31 In Melbourne, that figure is much lower.
00:34 The peak days of Tuesday to Thursday are busier, but on Fridays, offices are dead.
00:40 We'll never go back to full time in the office.
00:43 Businesses are changing their approach to get workers back.
00:46 They might have been offering free food or free coffees to come back into the office,
00:51 but as you said, now the larger organisations are pushing a bit harder.
00:57 Some of our biggest employers want people back at their desks.
01:01 We've said three days a week, and for our very senior leaders, it's five days.
01:06 And a warning.
01:07 There's no way you're building a career in this organisation working from home.
01:11 ANZ is reportedly linking bonuses to the amount of days spent in the office.
01:16 Origin Energy and Suncor too.
01:19 Beyond the threats, a lure.
01:22 Companies aren't taking smaller, cheaper spaces, quite the opposite.
01:25 They're using the lure of more luxurious offices with better facilities to try to get workers back more often.
01:32 Brand new spec suites, larger kitchen breakout areas for collaboration,
01:37 upgraded building lobbies with on-site cafes and lounges, inter-trip facilities.
01:42 Making office work, work.
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