S1E4: Desk, don't go. Stay with me?: Work Talk

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, get our tips on working smarter, getting ahead in your career and investing like a pro with ST's business correspondents and editors. In this episode, we talk about hot-desking, the changing out of permanent desks for workers to shared furniture and spaces.  One wouldn't guess that workers could get all emotional over desk space, but that is exactly what is happening in some companies that are thinking of removing what is seen as a benefit to some employees. What is hot-desking? Is it suitable for everybody? How should workers respond when they lose their desks?  ST's senior correspondent Krist Boo hosts Chen Tang, the strategy principal at Unispace, a workplace consultancy.  Her other guest is Mr Joseph Khong, assistant director at ACE, the national trade association for startups . Join us as we discover just how hot this potato of hot-desking could get. And get tips that help bosses avoid getting burnt! Highlights (click/tap): 02:19 Mr Chen on how hot-desking is catching on in Singapore  03:56 How much savings hot-desking could bring 07:04 Why workers resist hot-desking 12:45 To hot-desk or not, it comes down to your business 15:37 Executive-asks-expert time: how office space might look in a year's time  Register for ST's Head Start newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters Produced by: Krist Boo ([email protected]), Ernest Luis and Teo Tong Kai Edited by: Teo Tong Kai Follow ST's new Your Money & Career Podcast channel here: Channel: https://str.sg/wB2m Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/wuN3 Spotify: https://str.sg/wBr9 SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Read Krist Boo's Column: https://str.sg/wB2P Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: [email protected]  --- Discover more ST podcast channels: In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad Music Lab: https://str.sg/w9TX Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL --- Special edition series: The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2 Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa --- Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #moneycareerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.