A lot has changed since fax machines, and boxy cubicles were mainstays in offices around the world. Thanks to changes in work styles, technological advancements and space allocation as well as cultural shifts, the workplace has drastically transformed over the past decade.
Increasingly, more Thai and Multinational companies in Bangkok are recognizing these changes when it comes to both the selection of office buildings and design of their workspace.
“Based on CBRE’s research, the primary goals for organizations remain the same: attracting and retaining top talent, enabling this talent to successfully achieve organizational goals, and doing all of this in a fiscally responsible manner,” says Ms. Roongrat Veeraparkkaroon, Head of Advisory & Transaction Services – Office at CBRE Thailand.
“What is changing is the role the workplace plays in enabling these goals. Top performing organizations recognize the important value of their workplace as a destination for their people – a place that brings them together as a community, fosters culture and connection to purpose, and gives them the resources to be their most effective,”
Ms. Roongrat added.
Today, there is a new consumer mindset at play when it comes to employee perceptions. More and more companies view their employees as consumers, which trickles down into how they design workspaces to support that ideology.
Organizations are providing environments that are conducive to keeping employees happy, healthy and, of course, productive and efficient. For example, employees have grown accustomed to amenities they could only dream of in previous decades.
Previously, only a canteen serving economical food, a convenience store, coffee shop and bank branches or ATM’s were seen as being essential…
