Coworking

Coworking ( also co -working, engl. " Cooperate " or koarbeiten ) is an emerging trend for some years in the field of new forms of work. Freelancers, creatives, smaller startups or digital nomads that act independently of each other or are active in different companies and projects, working together, usually in larger rooms, and can thus benefit from each other. Coworking spaces provide jobs and infrastructure (network, printer, scanner, fax, phone, projector, meeting rooms) on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and to allow the formation of a community ( " Community "), which through joint events, workshops and other activities can be strengthened. The use, however, always remains binding and flexible in time.

Coworking Spaces

Most coworking offices are located at about 800 in the U.S., but also exist in many European cities, or caused such places. In Germany, there are currently about 230 coworking offers. Worldwide, the number is just under 2500th There are also initiatives, so-called " Jellies " to which people meet weekly or at specified time intervals for joint work.

The majority of Coworkingräume offer a daily, weekly, or monthly fee. In some office pools you have your own desk with postal address and phone in the other, the visitors are searching every day a new place. In the rental desk, and the use of Wi-Fi, kitchen, conference room and printers are usually included.

For in Europe increasingly popular area of ​​coworking the StartUp metropolis of Berlin is an engine of development. Many different offers have emerged in the urban area, such as the beta house in Kreuzberg, House of Clouds, Co.uP, space station, United urbanites and some more .. The different rental offices just set themselves in the big cities sometimes widely. So the focus is on some joint project work, others on specific facilities ( Film Studio, sewing studio, crèche, etc.). Heavily used Coworking offers in other major cities are: Culture Port Riverboat and wallpaper factory in Leipzig, Metalab in Vienna, Werk52 in Aachen and the Utopiastadt in Wuppertal- Mirke station.

Even in smaller urban areas, especially in university towns, coworking offers are created, including Cowork in Greifswald.

Economic viewing

In addition to the community aspect is a further advantage for the users in the lower costs that are far below the fixed costs for a job in a typical office. For a desk to be reckoned with around 250 euros per month. In addition, coworking spaces and allow flexible use. Companies to peaks in the area required, eg for large projects, where a larger number of external professionals and staff is needed to buffer over the coworking space, without having to maintain itself sufficient space. From entrepreneurship perspective is created by the composition of the user usually a highly creative breeding ground for new ideas that can be used by companies for open innovation by targeted individual employees are sent on time in a coworking space, for example, or all parts of the research development and there will be routed to open them consistently to the outside. In the USA, startup incubators are affiliated in coworking spaces often.

The Coworker themselves benefit directly from the new work spaces. In a worldwide study reported a large majority of improving interaction with other people, as they feel more productive and motivated. About 40 % can be achieved since their work in a coworking space a higher income.