A growing number of big businesses are supporting shared workspaces so employees can work closer to home. While advocates say these co-working spaces can boost productivity, experts caution they aren't for everyone.
00:00Returning to work for this new mum got a whole lot easier when she found a shared workspace that doubled as a daycare.
00:10Cutting down that commute time, giving us back family time.
00:14A co-working space in the regional City of Orange has also boosted Rosie Pritchard's work-life balance.
00:20I find that when I come into this co-working space I'm able to really knuckle down, smash my work out and go home at the end of the day and switch off.
00:28More than 200 flexible workspaces have been added nationally since the pandemic.
00:33We're in the city fringe in the suburbs and now expanding quite rapidly into regional towns which is the most exciting part.
00:41A decade ago co-working spaces were the domain of start-ups and small business.
00:46But operators say there's been a shift with major companies including Woolworths, Canva and Convec now allowing staff to tap into these spaces.
00:56Printing company Brother offers the option of co-working spaces to its 85 staff across Australia.
01:02We've been able to reduce costs and it also has enabled us to have a lot more flexibility compared to a more longer term fixed lease.
01:10Shared spaces are presented as almost an antidote to both the problems of working from home and the challenges of going to a city centre office.
01:19But of course shared spaces themselves come with challenges too.
01:23David Bissell warns it won't work for everyone.
01:26You don't have as much jurisdiction over because the people that you're sharing that shared space with are not necessarily colleagues from your own organisation.
01:34A challenge many workers are willing to take on.
01:37A challenge many workers are willing to take on.
01:41A challenge many workers are willing to take on.
01:43Do not rely on.
01:44A challenge many workers are willing to take on.
01:50Do not rely on to large companies.
01:52Let them all be one and other people.
01:55Do not rely on.
01:57Some people work for their space once or two.
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