In the recent period, the labor market in Egypt has witnessed a clear increase in the demand for co-working spaces, whether between businessmen, engineers, and e-marketing professionals or between students and graduates, as these spaces provide them with many facilities that make the work environment more enthusiastic and encouraging, thus giving them distinctive Internet services, The rooms for appointments and meetings are fully equipped, and it also facilitates a lot of wasted time in obtaining licenses, so what is meant by these spaces and their most important features? All this and more are explained below in the following lines:
THE MEANING OF CO-WORKING SPACE
Co-working space is an innovative service provided by specialized companies in the form of spaces provided to those who wish, and are equipped with all technological means and capabilities that the customer needs to accomplish his work quickly and efficiently. These spaces are characterized by calm, spaciousness and comfort because they contain many facilities that help in the completion of work, as they are shared offices designed in a complex manner in which a certain number of people do not know each other. The place is equipped with luxurious office furniture, rapid means of communication, as well as a cafeteria to provide fast food and drinks, computers, printers and rooms equipped for meetings. The client pays rent for the place that he chooses according to his needs, either in hours, days or months, and he is not forced to conclude a long-term contract for a period of time that he does not need. They are suitable places for holding meetings of businessmen, researchers, inventors and engineers. It is also suitable for university youth to accomplish their projects in an atmosphere of calm and comfort.
THE DEMAND FOR COMMON WORK PLACES
The demand for this service has increased in Egypt and has become widespread in a large number of governorates, especially Cairo, Alexandria and Giza, but it is still not widespread in the governorates of Upper Egypt, and it is accepted by a number of groups, the most important of which are the following:
- Businessmen, researchers, inventors and students.
- Founders of startups and freelance professionals who have not yet finished equipping their companies’ headquarters.
- A company that wants to hold its meeting in a place close to a certain area to save customers transportation costs.
- Anyone looking for a place that provides him with fast internet services without having to buy a place for exorbitant sums.
- A working group wants to discuss a specific project in a place that is fully equipped and they do not have a fixed workplace.
- Students participating in a graduation project in a college especially practical colleges such as engineering, urban planning, computers and information and want a place to discuss and complete their project.
- A new application or start-up team is looking for a place to complete their work and discuss everything related to their new invention.
- Anyone who does not have internet services or meeting rooms in his original workplace can rent a space to complete his work.
COMMON OFFICE ADVANTAGES
The joint office is a global idea and quickly spread in Egypt and the Arab countries, and many people accepted it because it saves them time, effort, money, and the hassle of searching for a company headquarters, and joint work achieves many advantages, the most important of which are the following:
- Reduce costs As experience has shown that working in joint work offices is considered less expensive than working in a private office, as the client rents the space equipped with all the services he needs, which if he provides it himself in his own office alone, it will cost him more sums and spend more time.
- Enthusiastic spirit Working in a joint office is an incentive for many people to achieve, as he finds the surrounding atmosphere encourages work and production, which ignites a person’s enthusiasm and pushes him to accomplish and share his ambitions and dreams with those around him.
- Intertwining relationships Working in a common space helps a person build a strong network of relationships that supports and helps him to progress and succeed, as interlocking relationships arise between investors, businessmen, financiers and investors, and a person can get a partner in his work or a financier for his idea while he is in a joint work environment.
- Work in a group spirit Being in a common office helps to work in a group spirit, where a person finds someone who shares his success, dreams, aspirations, and even moments of lack of success, so he does not feel lonely and despair and finds someone who discusses his mistakes, corrects them with him, and gives him advice when necessary.
- Helping creativity Working in a group environment makes you quickly find someone who gives you advice, and inspiration. You will find the consultants and experts who give you advice for your work that support you and help you in the path to success, and this is what you cannot find in your work alone in your own office, especially if you are still at the beginning. Consequently, co-working spaces are a global and creative idea that is available in Egypt in many places, with many advantages that reflect positively on the person, support his work and help him to develop and overcome the obstacles that may hinder his path, as he will find someone who helps him, guides him and provides him with Consulting and advice.
