Martin Grosz
03/05/2021 6:01 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 03/05/2021 6:01 AM
Teleworking, spread like never before due to a pandemic, initially fell in love with those who suddenly recovered the 2 or 3 hours a day that they used to lose on work trips.
But then many were discovering that the home office can also suffer if at home you do not have the equipment, comfort or
tranquility necessary
to concentrate and progress with tasks.
Constant
interruptions
to attend to children, pets or those who ring the bell;
background noise and screaming
in calls and meetings by Zoom;
Wi-Fi hangs up or slows down;
chairs that hurt your back;
the chance that the power goes out ...
All of that is also part of the new home office, and the list can go on and on.
For this reason, in recent months both the supply and the demand for an
intermediate solution
between working 100% at home and going back to the office of before
began to grow
.
What does it consist of?
In looking for
nearby
tables or desks
with guaranteed silence and good Wi-Fi, with all the anti-Covid prevention measures, and those who can go to work
from time to time
only for the day at an affordable price.
Although they are often thought of as "offices", the spaces on offer are often green and open air.
In the image, a garden at the A3 coworking in Palermo.
Photo Fernando de laOrden
This is chosen especially for those days when you do need to
perform at your best
or have video calls without noise, interruptions or failures.
Although there are also those who, having everything they need at home, still resort to these "shelters" from time to time to
get out of the confinement
, be more comfortable and socialize a little.
Much more than bars and coworking
The most traditional options for working outside the home were always
bars
(for a few hours) and
coworking
spaces
(for full days).
But recently the range was expanded and now you can rent tables and desks in several other areas:
Corporate buildings
.
Medium and large companies, having a large part of their staff in their home offices, are now renting the positions that were left vacant in their offices so that outsiders can use them and help with their payments to cover the fixed costs of the property.
Hotels
.
Given the lack of travelers, many today offer their lobbies, bars, rooms and rooms for local people to go to work, a trend known as "room office".
Restaurants and party halls
.
To survive in a pandemic, many of these places also began to offer their tables to teleworkers, with the plus of the gastronomic service.
A neighbor's house
.
Even
"Airbnb" style
agreements between individuals began to grow
.
People who have unused desks at home offer them during the day to neighbors who need a "haven" to telecommute.
Several people work this Thursday outdoors in a space in Olivos, taking advantage of the good weather.
Photo Worknmates
How to find the nearest "offices"
But how do you know what options exist in the neighborhood to go to work for the day?
How to find out where the coworking spaces are, which corporate buildings have positions available or which neighbors have a desk for rent?
In some cases, it will be enough to do Internet searches of the "coworking in Caballito" type.
But not all relevant information will appear like this.
To have the complete picture today, a series of
specialized
platforms can be used
to unite supply and demand in this area: they link those who have available jobs with the teleworkers who need them.
Some of them are:
WORKNMATES.COM.
"You choose where to work today" is his motto.
There, all you have to do is enter the location to see
on a map
all the nearby places available to go to work for the day or even the whole month, each one with its photos and prices.
There you can find from individual or shared desks to private offices and meeting rooms.
They are jobs that are in some cases in private
houses and apartments
, and in other cases in coworkings, business offices and hotels.
Worknmates, one of the platforms to find places to work outside the home.
BYHOURS.COM.
Allows you to rent
hotel rooms
for just
3, 6 or 12 hours
.
Just by indicating the location and the day on which you plan to go, it is possible to see all the options and prices on an interactive map, and make a reservation.
ByHours, the platform that allows you to find hotels to go to work for just 3, 6 or 12 hours.
BENOMAD.IO.
"Your office wherever you want", proposes this app, which uses a subscription system.
After paying for a
membership
, the subscriber can go to work as many times as he wants to the space that suits him best, at his choice within a "menu" that already has about 30 spaces in Capital, GBA and La Plata, and which continues to expand .
They are, they say, "
first-rate
"
spaces
in hotels, restaurants, bars and coworkings, where the subscriber can connect to an
exclusive
ultra-fast Wi-Fi
network
.
Benomad, one of the platforms to find places to work outside the home.
An overview of prices
How much does it cost, for example, to subscribe to
Benomad
?
After a 30-day free trial, there are passes for
1 day
, 3 days or 5 days at
$ 150
per day, which also allow you to get discounts of up to 15% when you consume something in the places.
While the monthly pass is sold for
$ 980
and allows you to save up to 30% in consumption.
At
Worknmates
, renting a shared desk averages
$ 700
per person per day.
And for a private office you pay around
$ 1,100
per person per day.
But in a weekly plan there are usually discounts of
20%
;
and for a whole month,
40%
and up to 60% with respect to the rates per day.
In Worknmates, of each space offered you can see photos and details of the services included.
In
ByHours
, for a 3-hour microstay in a Buenos Aires hotel, for a Monday in March three-star options appear from
$ 1,100
.
And for 6 hours, starting at
$ 1,400
.
On the other hand, if you go directly to a
coworking
space,
the rates can vary greatly depending on the type of table or desk, the location of the building, the level of its services and the hiring regime.
In the
A3
spaces
in Palermo, for example, they charge $ 1,680 + VAT (
$ 2,033
final) for a day of work in their living rooms, with access to the shared covered spaces and gardens.
And $ 13,000 + VAT (
final
$ 15,730
) leaves a subscription that allows you to go to work
every
working
day
of the month.
These are the rates that individuals access today.
But more and more has been happening, they say in the sector, that companies sign agreements so that their staff in the "home office" can use this type of space.
In these cases, other costs apply, generally borne by the employer.
A woman, at work in an office in Palemo's A3 spaces.
Photo: Fernando de la Orden
A growing system
The rapid expansion of the platforms is a good indicator of the strength of the trend.
Worknmates
launched in October 2020 and already has over
1,500 active users
(who made at least one reservation in the last month).
Today they have a presence in Capital and the GBA, in Córdoba, Mendoza, Tucumán, Salta and other large cities.
"Anyone can offer their space on the platform, but then to be admitted they must pass quality tests in different aspects, such as Wi-Fi speed, security and biosafety conditions, ergonomics and other aspects," they told
Clarín
Gonzalo Agüero and Angelina Vigliocco, the platform's co-founders.
"Among those who demand the service - they detailed - most today are employees who are in the home office but do not have an appropriate place at home and want to socialize. For many, going to work elsewhere also serves to
define their working hours
, to be able to cut. "
In the case of
Benomad
, the launch was last January and it has already exceeded 1,000 memberships.
"Demand was
well above
expectations and now we expect to reach
5,000
memberships in
three months,
" explained Pablo Di Filippo, CEO and co-founder of the app.
The Patios de San Telmo hotel, one of the places that Benomad subscribers can choose to go to work.
Today in Benomad there are 30 spaces to choose from, but they foresee that in a month there will already be 50, and continue adding.
They plan to soon include options in bookstores, shopping malls, clubs, galleries and other areas.
"Independent workers ask for it, but also many companies that want to give their home office employees the chance to work more comfortably. The other day, for example, one asked for 150 memberships because it has three offices and is going to close two," Di exemplified. Filippo.
Martín Frankel, founder and managing partner of the A3 spaces in Palermo, stated: “The home office as the only option
does not solve everything
.
That is why companies and individuals are increasingly looking for intermediate schemes.
And many turn to coworking. "
"The great advantage," he added, "is that it allows you to have a
really appropriate
and adapted place to work
on certain days
, with anti-Covid protocols, good Internet, no noise, no interference and even with a generator set so as not to have problems if the power is cut. light."
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