The plan calls for “buffer seating,' sanitizer stations in common rooms and one-way hallway traffic patterns to avoid “bottlenecks”
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“Rather than implementing a companywide policy on rent payments, we are individually reaching out to our more than 600 global landlord partners to work in good faith toward finding asset-specific solutions that benefit all parties involved,” the company said in an emailed statement.“Navigating the future of the workplace,” include cutting meeting room capacity in half, adding wipe dispensers in common areas and incorporating “buffer seating” allows for six feet of distance between workers.
The document, which was directed primarily at real estate brokers, suggests that “by adjusting common area layouts and supplementing with additional large suites at WeWork offices, your clients can move around and flexibly increase footprint for when workers return.” Sizemore said the email was a “first step” in a conversation about the future workplace that includes experts in design, construction, health and safety. WeWork locations were “designed to be a dense space and to foster collaboration and connection,” Sizemore said. “What does that look like when we all come back?”
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