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?
