Comments on: Smart Worker http://blog.coworking.info/2008/09/13/smart-worker/ Coworking is a movement to create cafe-like community/collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents. Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:09:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: felcityatcubes http://blog.coworking.info/2008/09/13/smart-worker/#comment-30672 felcityatcubes Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:51:35 +0000 http://coworking.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-30672 Some companies pay more or less depending on their size, length of lease and obviously on their location. In parts of Menlo Park/Palo Alto, also in Silicon Valley, the cost can be much higher. Plus there is internet, etc. costs that go along with it. Regardless the point is that when you can get a company to pay for your coworking space then you have done smart negotiating. Even if we take your $1.55/sq. ft. * 200 sq.ft. = $310/month which does not include internet, phone, video conferencing, furnishings, etc. the company in the example still would save money. Just another way to look at it. Some companies pay more or less depending on their size, length of lease and obviously on their location. In parts of Menlo Park/Palo Alto, also in Silicon Valley, the cost can be much higher. Plus there is internet, etc. costs that go along with it.

Regardless the point is that when you can get a company to pay for your coworking space then you have done smart negotiating. Even if we take your $1.55/sq. ft. * 200 sq.ft. = $310/month which does not include internet, phone, video conferencing, furnishings, etc. the company in the example still would save money. Just another way to look at it.

]]> By: Erica Douglass http://blog.coworking.info/2008/09/13/smart-worker/#comment-30671 Erica Douglass Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:56:42 +0000 http://coworking.wordpress.com/?p=149#comment-30671 Whatever business is paying $4/mo/sq.ft. is either high-end retail, which wouldn't employ teleworkers, or else is likely going to go out of business quite quickly! In downtown San Jose, CA, my company paid $1.55/sq.ft./month full service (included janitorial, electricity, water, and parking.) This was in a quite nice office space. That price also included tenant improvements such as our own carpet and paint. This is in the middle of Silicon Valley, where houses routinely cost $800K+, and median household income is $75,000/yr. -Erica Whatever business is paying $4/mo/sq.ft. is either high-end retail, which wouldn’t employ teleworkers, or else is likely going to go out of business quite quickly!

In downtown San Jose, CA, my company paid $1.55/sq.ft./month full service (included janitorial, electricity, water, and parking.) This was in a quite nice office space. That price also included tenant improvements such as our own carpet and paint.

This is in the middle of Silicon Valley, where houses routinely cost $800K+, and median household income is $75,000/yr.

-Erica

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