'I think that the office as we know it, is over,' he told Time.
'We can't try to hold on to 2019 any more than 1950. But I think that for somebody whose job is on a laptop, the question is, well, what is an office meant to do?' He continued: 'If the office didn't exist, I like to ask, would we invent it? And if we invented it, what would it be invented for? Obviously, people are going to still go to hospitals and work, people are going to still go to coffee shops and work - those spaces make complete sense. Shortly after announcing that Airbnb will go fully remote, Chesky said the company's careers page received more than 800,000 views. In his TIME interview on Sunday, he acknowledged there will still be some need for offices, but concluded 'the office has to do something a home can't do.' In January, Chesky said he was 'living on Airbnb,' working from various cities across the US.
'People will still go to offices, but it'll be for different purposes, for collaboration spaces,' he said.Ĭhesky told Time working 100% remotely can diversify hiring since employees can be based anywhere, but it can also make some employees feel isolated from their coworkers and company.