Density

In the new world of hybrid work, meeting rooms are a hot commodity 🔥. How do you find the space you need?

How do top companies create offices that are both efficient AND vibrant? They tackle the unused space first, according to José Vicente Latorre from Netflix. Here’s why the totally unused seats are the key to a better office experience. Want to learn more? Watch the full webinar: https://hubs.la/Q02Mj3Nq0 #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceDesign

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How do you slash office costs 💵 AND keep employees happy 🙂? One company cracked the code. Their secret weapon? Zooming in on those empty desks. In a bold move, this company: ✔️ Axed 3 floors of prime real estate ✔️ Doubled desk usage overnight ✔️ Kept meeting rooms nice and available Want to learn more? Here's their data-driven success story: https://hubs.la/Q02LtylT0

We’re stoked that Density has been named Workplace Analytics Innovation of the Year in the 2024 PropTech Breakthrough Awards! 🏆 Density is recognized for transforming how companies understand and optimize their workspaces - from creating better office experiences to helping businesses make the most of every square foot. Congratulations to all the other winners reshaping proptech! 🎊

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How do the best workplaces create solid “A” experiences? According to Phil Kirschner from McKinsey & Company, you’d better be ready to make some tough choices. Here’s why you can’t please everyone to create a winning workplace. Want to learn more? Watch the full webinar: https://hubs.la/Q02HPRLz0 #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceDesign

Moving Density to in-person Today, we announced we’re transitioning Density to an in-person company. I expect some in the workplace community will disagree with our approach. However, having a position on in-person and remote work is relevant not only to what Density does but also to our customers and the community at large. Below is the note we shared with our team. – Team, Today, we're making a significant change to the way we work: we are consolidating our team and transitioning Density to an in-person company. We will be co-locating key roles and functions in our offices in San Francisco, NYC, Paris, and Syracuse. As part of this change, 36 Denizens will receive an offer to relocate to San Francisco. 18 team members will be allowed to continue working remotely, and 15 roles are being eliminated. We will also open a number of backfills in San Francisco, CA. Why in-person? There are two reasons we’re moving to in-person. First and foremost, this is what we do. Density builds products that measure the physical use of buildings for in-person companies. To best serve our customers, we need to live the same reality, not only imagine it. We do that by being in-office and using our own products day in and day out. If we love to use the products we build, our customers will love them, too. Second, in-person is part of how we win. All of our competitors run remote teams. By contrast, in-person teams build higher trust, have lower coordination costs, and design better products. The best evidence of this is the sense of acceleration you have immediately after a team offsite. This becomes our baseline. Transitions It’s not lost on me that requiring someone to move to the Bay Area is a big ask. Even though we’re offering relocation support and compensation adjustment, moving may not be possible or desirable for everyone. There will be a number of talented, hardworking team members who leave as a part of this transition. For them and their families, we are providing severance, COBRA coverage, and in some cases additional time to transition their work (should they be willing). We will also release a version of this message publicly to encourage other companies to recruit affected Denizens. To those staying, this transition may be hard but it will make us more resilient, more focused, and extremely hard to beat. Andrew

Dedicated desks used to be a given in workplaces. Not anymore. Teams will claim they need desks for everyone, only to leave them open most of the time. Density’s study of tech workplaces found that while open-plan areas take up 39% of floorplans, only 19% of this space is utilized – even at peak hours. José Vicente Latorre shares how Netflix is prioritizing collaboration with more “we spaces” vs. “me spaces”. Want to learn more? Watch the full webinar: https://hubs.la/Q02JwQS60 #FutureOfWork #WorkplaceDesign

The new world of work is being forged every day on a few key battlegrounds. Density's data shows them playing out in a range of ways, including: 📉 Unused desks - while open-plan desk areas take up 39% of tech workplaces, only 19% of this space is utilized at peak. 📈 Meeting rooms doing double duty - a third of the time meeting rooms are occupied, they being used as private offices or phone booths. 📉 Low RTO compliance - Going from an “employee decides” policy to a 3 day in-office policy only increases utilization by 17% in tech workplaces. How are these affecting your office?