In recent years, many domestic and foreign enterprises promote their investment in Coworking space in the big cities of Vietnam as HCMC, Hanoi, Danang. Many coworking spaces have been launched such as Regus, Toong and Up, NakedHub, or WeWork, CoGo, Ucommune, JustCo, the Hive… recently.

Notably, only in 1 year, CoGo, with a frantic development, operates 5 centers in Hanoi with a total floor area of ​​more than 10,000sqm. As planned, CoGo Sun Ancora (3 Luong Yen, Hai Ba Trung) center will be opened, and this unit continues to strongly hit businesses when offer 7 months free of rent for tenants signing leases in March 2019.

What is Coworking? This one word is not just something that can be defined in a sentence. Coworking is a movement. A trend that took birth in San Fransisco during the year 2005, is now gaining popularity across the globe. But what exactly is coworking? What do we mean by the term coworking is a movement? Let’s dig into the definition of coworking and try to go deeper into what it means for different people belonging to different segments.

Coworking is a style of work where people share a common office for their independent activity.
Coworking is also the place where hundreds of companies operate in which there are daily opportunities to meet and exchange with each other to expand business relationships and opportunities.

In the world, there are many people who work at home or café. Coworking is an alternative to working from home where people do not feel isolated and can keep away from distractions. This concept of coworking has helped millions of people around the world to increase productivity and network with like-minded people. Coworking has created communities and values ​​to help members grow.

Now that we know the basic definition of what is coworking, let us understand it in a much wider way with the help of examples.

Coworking for Freelancers

A freelancer is a person who is hired by different companies to perform tasks according to his skills. Freelancers often do not have a permanent employment with an employer and are also not bound to their conditions out of the task scope. They often work remotely for an organization. Coworking places are a perfect fit for freelancers.

Coworking spaces serve as a great workplace for freelancers which are without a doubt one of the best alternatives for them to work from home. Coworking spaces provide freelancers with a feeling of owning their own office where they can pop-in anytime and work for as long as they wish. This also gives them the chance to explore other opportunities.

Coworking for SME

Entrepreneurs with small teams also adore coworking spaces as these are the best office that they and their team members can get not just in terms of design and infrastructure but also in terms of pricing. Imagine if you’d had to take a traditional office on rent, how much extra you’d had to spend on a weekly basis. Coworking spaces offer private cabins that are fully serviced with all the facilities that any working professional would ever need.

A coworking space can help an entrepreneur focus on the core of his/her business leaving the infrastructure problems and office supplies to the coworking management.

Coworking for Corporate Companies

These days, a lot of big corporates are moving into coworking spaces. The trend is quite popular in America, Europe as well as Asian spaces. A coworking space fits the new office dreams of a big corporate in a new city where they save the hassle of looking for a real estate property and managing it for their expansion. New ideas and new territories can easily be launched if you already have an office. These coworking spaces act as the new office of big corporates. It even saves them a lot of dollars and the makes the employees happy..

87% of respondents report that they meet other members for social reasons, with 54% saying they socialize with other members after work and/or on weekends

79% cho biết coworking đã giúp họ mở rộng mối quan hệ.

83% cho rằng họ đã bớt cô đơn kể từ khi tham gia một không gian làm việc chung.

89% cảm thấy hạnh phúc hơn kể từ khi tham gia một không gian làm việc chung

82% số người được hỏi báo cáo rằng coworking đã mở rộng mạng lưới công việc của họ.

80% cho rằng họ đã nhờ đến sự giúp đỡ hoặc hướng dẫn của các thành viên khác trong cộng đồng.

64% cho biết mạng lưới cộng đồng đóng một vai trò quan trọng trong công việc và kinh doanh của họ.

(Research of Harvard Business Review)

The coworking space acts as a new office for corporations. Corporations want their employees to be "affected" by the young, active team of startups, freelancers, and then inspire enthusiastic labor and enhance labor productivity.

Before, people thought that coworking is only suitable for small and medium enterprises, but today that thinking has changed a lot. At US$47 billion-value Wework - the largest coworking in the world - nearly 40% of revenue comes from rent of companies and corporations worth billions of dollars, this rate is continuing to grow when big corporations recognize the values ​​that coworking brings.

Research shows that working in coworking space helps employees work more creatively, effectively and productivity than traditional office environment. Employees have the opportunity to expand relationships, promote interaction between members, opportunity to improve knowledge, share and help each other in the community.

Coworking creates a community of like-minded people. Even if you don't like interacting with others, you'll easily find a good desk in a shared workspace. Almost all coworking spaces provide free tea, coffee ....

So what else do you need?

We hope to help you better understand what coworking is and why coworking spaces have become popular in recent years, becoming an inevitable trend and replacing the traditional office model.

Binh An

Source: Nhịp sống kinh tế