A new survey from Tulane University shows the traditional office environment is making a bit of a post-pandemic comeback; especially among smaller businesses. The survey asked over 150 startups and small businesses across a 10-parish region about staffing and plans to lease office space. Emily Egan, with Tulane’s Freeman School of Business, says nearly 70-percent plan to add employees and the number planning to lease space rose by six-percent.
“So it may not be fully in person and it may not be remote we see a little bit more on the high bridge but it is interesting to see that for the first time in four years a home office is not the primary office,” said Egan.
Egan says more than 50-percent of respondents to the survey indicated some staff will continue to work remotely, but 38-percent feel having an office is a good idea.
“They like the flexibility that a co-working space brings it allows people to interact in person,” said Egan.
Egan says the survey showed startups having better success with raising capital in 2022, and higher average gross revenues (up from $1.5-million to $2.3-million). She says these companies plan to add staff in the coming New Year, and that’s a good indicator of a healing economy.
“We have a great sort of attention to hire at 68% that’s the most definitive its been in the four years that we’ve been doing this report,” said Egan.
Read the entire report at “GNOstartupreport.com”
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