Category: Coworking Book

Last week we published the mega-list of coworking advantages. Now it is the turn of the disadvantages. We have included some of the possible answers you can use.

• I work better from home
  • Maybe coworking is not for you, but do you think that coming once a week could be beneficial to you?
  • How many contacts do you make at home?

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• Noisy
  • Just like any other office
  • You can concentrate better if you use headphones
  • You can isolate yourself in a meeting room
  • Some spaces use white noise to reduce distractions
  • Some spaces have quiet rooms, more like a library

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• Too quiet
  • It may be just that you are over worried about making noise
  • Move to another room
  • Talk with the managers and see if they can have a regular office like room
  • Get away from the noisier people

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• Distractions
  • Put on your headphones to reduce interaction from other people
  • Isolate yourself in a meeting room
  • Educate your coworkers into how and when to interact with you

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• Privacy and confidentiality
  • You only share what you want to share
  • Get a desk with your back to the wall and in a corner
  • Use a locker for your sensitive documents
  • Isolate yourself in a meeting room to make sensitive calls
  • Reduce the volume of your voice when talking on the phone
  • The other coworkers came to work, not to listen to you

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• I don’t want to share my project
  • You don’t have to
• Some people are too intense
  • Get away from them, you may even be able to move to another room
  • Tell them to leave more space for you
• You have to pay
  • You get a lot of value for little money
  • Thera are a lot of advantages of coworking
  • If you only care about money and not about value you are not ready to cowork
• You have to commute
  • Find a space that is close to you and that you like
• You have to shower and brush your teeth
  • If you are filthy, nobody will want to be around you
  • It will improve your self confidence and the image you project about yourself

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What would you add?