The binary debate around Working From Home vs Return To Office is missing the bigger picture – the workplace needs to move forward.

Weighed down by our experiences of the past, this ideological tug-of-war has become entrenched, leaving employees frustrated and employers struggling to balance staff retention with efficiency savings.

It’s increasingly clear: something has to change.

By now it seems undeniable that the home-office genie will never fully return to its bottle. The growth in remote work opportunities shows absolutely no sign of slowing down, with the Word Economic Forum predicting the sector will grow by 25% by 2030 to around 90 million positions as companies seek to hire the best talent, regardless of where they are located.

And yet, despite this boom, there are aspects of the in-person working experience that no amount of home-office convenience will ever truly compensate for. Physical touchpoints still carry a huge significance, and although the paradigm of the "office" has already shifted for millions, somehow we’re still struggling to fully adjust to what has been left behind.

Despite these very clear findings, CEOs are still pursuing blanket return-to-office orders that leave staff holding endless video calls from their desks. Meanwhile, remote-first organisations around the world are beginning to discover that a company culture cannot be built through a Slack channel alone. Neither side seems to have all the answers, so maybe it’s time to move past the rigidity of these options and look to what comes next?

Combining AI with a whole suite of Journee's own technologies, VIEW provides companies with a way to onboard, train, communicate, collaborate, and celebrate their employees that is equally accessible to all. Put simply: it's a stage, a welcome desk, a library, a company lounge, and a water-cooler all in one, and it can be accessed easily on any internet connected device. It's like having miniature digital office, anywhere you go. 

Our hope is that VIEW will help deliver a better working experience for teams all over the world and move the debate around digital vs. physical workspaces forward. Because right now the world needs new solutions, not just new ways of framing the same old debate.