With half of pre-pandemic workers now remote and one in five reporting they don’t have an assigned workspace when they go to the office, hotdesking is quickly becoming the miracle tool of the hybrid office.
As a concept, hotdesking is not new. It’s a classic telephony feature that allows users to co-opt any business extension and make it their own personal phone. Today, hotdesking is more about the desk than the phone, but it’s the same concept – enabling everything an employee needs to make a space their own, including a physical place to sit, connecting equipment, and accommodate the usual customization or personalization of the apps and space. Bonus points are awarded for making hotdesking simple and easy: for example, by giving workers suggested locations, wayfinding, maps, and other information.
