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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by phil248 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @02:07AM (#16020789)
Thirty-nine percent of membership is "freelancers and independent workers" while another 20% are companies with 1,000 or more employees.

You can get a desk in Oakland for $340/month or a private office for $730/month. If I had a small apartment in a city and worked primarily freelance, I'd consider something like that, if only for the quality of life.

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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by vasco on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:52AM (#16021188)
Or you could buy a desk and just work from home.
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by emilsedgh on Thursday December 28, 2017 @04:57AM (#16021199)
After 5 years of working remotely from home, I'm moving to a coworking space this week.

Working from home hasy many perks. But the downside is that you get actually lazy.

I should move out to an office for the sake of my mental and physical health.

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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by psergeant on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:13AM (#16021260)
Try it for ten years and report back
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by eecc on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:32AM (#16021323)
If you can still speak intelligibily, grunting doesn’t qualify :D
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by rglover on Thursday December 28, 2017 @08:08AM (#16021783)
Been doing it for going on seven. No complaints. An occasional dip to the coffee shop for an hour or two cures cabin fever quickly and inexpensively.
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by phil248 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @12:33PM (#16023419)
But there are so many problems with that depending on circumstances. Assuming an urban apartment, it is likely very small. It may be loud throughout the day. You may have a partner who also wants to work from home. You may have family coming through frequently. You may not want to live 2/3rds of your life in the same two rooms, and so on.
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by dalbasal on Thursday December 28, 2017 @07:23AM (#16021650)
You could. Some will, maybe most. Some people like working from a wework, if it's nice and the cost works out ok.
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Re:WeWork is set to become the No. 1 tenant of London office... by fsloth on Thursday December 28, 2017 @05:32AM (#16021324)
I think you are presuming several preconditions to make this a viable suggestion.
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