Coworking definition

Coworking : what is it about ?

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Coworking is a shared work space outside the company. It is a place where professionals (employees, freelancers, associations...) rent a place to work. These spaces are often composed of an open space, which encourages collaboration, and closed rooms to promote concentration.

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To meet the needs of all coworkers, coworking spaces are based on the principle ofactivity based working. They offer environments adapted to different professional situations.

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What are the types of coworking spaces?

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Classic" Coworking

These are shared spaces, mainly open-plan, with meeting rooms and phone boxes for seclusion. Access to these spaces is by the hour, day or month.

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Café-coworking

In addition to office rental, this collaborative workplace offers a catering service. Rates are based on time spent in thecoworking space or on consumption.

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Coworking hotels

These are workspaces for rent within a hotel, such as a single room or a conference room. New spaces dedicated to work are also appearing in some hotels, in the form of mini coworking spaces.

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Coliving

Coliving is a hybrid space between the workplace and the living space. This mode of work favors meetings, sharing and entertainment. Rates are often fixed by the month.

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Business Center

These spaces provide thecomplete equipment for all the employees of a company to carry out their missions (furnished offices, Wi-Fi, printers, videoconference equipment...).

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Support structure

This structure is aimed at start-ups or scale-ups. They are generally incubators or business incubators that offer coaching services to help new businesses develop.

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Coworking in a company

Also known as corpoworking, this concept consists in subletting internal workstations.

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Hybrid spaces

Hybrid spaces offer a coworking part and a medium-term rental part where several companies share common areas (canteen, cafeteria...).

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The advantages of coworking for companies and employees

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Cost reduction

The coworking spaces offer a complete equipment and service to professionals (checkroom, internet connection, pastries, etc.).

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The management of the subscription is more flexible : as the commitment periods are flexible, it is easier to cancel the contract than a classic 3 6 9 lease.

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If the company wishes to keep its offices with a long term lease, it is also possible to reduce the working area and offer coworking spaces in a flexible way.

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Creation of a community

Sharing is at the heart of coworking spaces: employees meet other workers outside the company and can develop their professional network. This is a great way to boost motivation and avoid the feeling of isolation that teleworkers may feel.

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Favoring mixed spaces (association, senior club...) is an opportunity to meet very different people, from different sectors of activity.

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Better work/life balance

For employees, finding a workspace close to personal locations (home, children's school, gym, train station...) reduces sources of stress. Moreover, they can manage their work schedules more easily by reducing their daily commuting time.

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For all these reasons, coworking spaces are very popular with employees and are becoming increasingly popular.