IT service provider Datev has developed a new working concept so that the only alternative to long commutes is not the lonely home office for employees. A third job should make things easier.
IT service provider Datev is testing a new concept of employee work. Instead of having to commute to work and still not sit alone in the home office, the company offers a third place to work: co-working spaces. These are organized by the company and are for employees reachable in 15 minutes. In an interview with spiegel explains Rainer Schubert, Head of New Workplace Development: “My goal is that every employee has the ideal working environment for every task without having to commute for hours.”
The company tests a new work concept
Employees drive up to two hours each way to the company headquarters. To shorten the commute for some employees, Datev started a pilot project with five co-working spaces. employees who You live 15 minutes from workthey were invited for rehearsals.
Workplace commuting has changed not only the length of employee commutes, but also the means of transportation. Almost everyone drove to the headquarters, says Schubert. According to him, most of the test takers went to the co-working spaces with the Rad or the public transport Return. Some of them are too on foot left.
Most are excited about a third job
The Datev pilot project has ended. Those responsible are now working on how to proceed. 170 of the employees took part in the project. Most of them were enthusiastic about the concept. “They said family and jobs were for them during the pilot been easier to reconcileand they would have each other better fed And more movedSchubert told Der Spiegel.
The third workplace brings some advantages over the home office. After all, people who work from home “instantly feel lonely and isolated,” Schubert knows. In addition, those who have children find it difficult to rest, sometimes there is a lack of Internet bandwidth in the countryside, and hardly anyone in the city can afford a separate office. “We therefore do not need a right to a home office, but a Right to work remotely. And that also includes reasonable work close to where you live,” Schubert points out.
Co-working spaces are also an opportunity for cities
Schubert sees the development of co-working spaces as not only an opportunity for happier employees, but also a possibility revitalize cities. He sees a “donut effect” in many cities. The city centers are deserted, while more and more new building and commercial areas are being built in the suburbs. Co-working spaces could counter this. “Because when people come to work downtown, they eat lunch there, shop at night, and maybe go to the doctor in between,” Schubert says.
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