Inside LinkedIn’s New Flagship | WSJ Open Office

LinkedIn’s pre-pandemic plans for its new, flagship office included more than 1,000 desks. After a redesign, it opened with just 569 workstations with over 75 seating types. With dozens of different work settings and conference room setups, the tech company is using its office as a hub for its hybrid workforce.

WSJ gets an exclusive look inside LinkedIn’s new office to see what a true hybrid workplace looks like.

Photo: Karl Mollohan for The Wall Street Journal

0:00 Hybrid workplace
1:00 The pandemic pause
2:06 Co-working spaces
3:24 Neighborhoods replacing desks
5:05 Conference rooms

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[meganrosbury]

One thing I’m surprised they didn’t incorporate is more monitors. Laptops are handy but I LOVE the faster productivity of a second monitor and it seems lacking in this otherwise lovely office space

[alienmoondudes]

This work environment seems like a great idea. It reminds me of a library/coffee shop/university campus study spot

[pelangos]

Nice, they actually made efficient use of the workspaces. A lot of times you see companies put people's desks too close together. these look really good

[RaviSharma-bpdi]

My younger brother works at this office! It's beautiful. I am so proud of him!

[HeyMJ.]

Excellent design concepts with bottom-up & top-down productivity models included.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[wildatheart]

I worked for the new LinkedIn office in Omaha, Nebraska. I must say, the office also reflects these characters as seen in the video. Very comfortable & efficient environment to work. I look forward to see my company implements this. Great work Linkedin!

[leanneland]

I hope more companies take note of what they’ve done. This is the start of change that’s been needed at offices for way too long. The coffee bar/working area at the entry is brilliant. If our office had this instead of just a bunch of empty desks that look like our old office pre-pandemic I would utilize that space for sure. Right now I’m 100% from home because my setup is built to be more creative to suite my workflow. I’ve had two years to work on it. But this is amazing!

[PasserBy]

We have sleeping areas/rooms in the office, but if I have to choose, I'd rather work from home. The time and effort to commute to and from work is just not worth it.

[lalakuma]

75 types of seating is nice, but I wouldn't sit on the non-ergonomic ones for work or my muscles would regret it again.

[YungMomJeans]

This is a great step forward for the future of the workspace. The only big suggestion I'd put in, as a millennial tech worker, is a desperate desire to see office spaces do away with low output, fluorescent lighting. Study after study shows that bright, daylight-balanced light improves productivity, mood, appetite and circadian rhythms (if timed to the rise and set of the sun). It drives me crazy to see these tech companies pass up an opportunity to drastically improve the ambiance of their space time and time again with garbage lighting. Humans didn't spend 150, 000 years indoors all day long, and many parts of our biology reflect that.

The dream lighting of an office of the future(for me): diffused overhead lighting with an intensity that rises and lowers with the sun throughout the day. Dims and changes to a warmer temperature at sunset with floor/shin level light strips through the office.

[SriAZ]

They really care about the employees! Experimenting the office space & offering a hybrid work environment. Much required because of this unending pandemic!

[Vaporswift]

Love the freedom Linkedin has entrusted to its employees. This will pay off in the long run to build trust between large corporations and their employees.

[sjoerdsiemes]

I would love an office like this. I don't mind sitting at my desk for half the day. Or coming into the office. But sometimes you just want a change of scenery. Especially when you are doing creative work. You just want a nice lounge instead of a workstation.

[johnzamora]

If only education adopted these more productive methods. I know some do but more need too. I enjoyed how they provided space for introverts and extroverts for that reason they won my vote for the best office space. ♥️

[nonyabusiness]

this office gives off cafe/university vibes. love it! wouldn't mind spending 8 hours working there.

[MitchWebb]

We have some of these setups in our office, but the thing workers value most is 1. Second screen support and 2. Chairs that support your posture.

Many of these do not cater for that, and the workspaces we have that mimic these ideas look nice but are never used.

[FinancialShinanigan]

Can't wait for comapnies to have beds and build apartments in office space

[johnnyb.]

This is exactly why our company moved its location to SPACES! Needless to say, we love much more now working from office than before the pandemic. I believe hybrid working can really create that work-life balance most of us are looking for!

[ashleyrogers]

Be careful with "flexible" jobs. You will end up working more hours than you are paid for. It is easy in getting lost in your job offering work from home or seating options. Many larger companies are starting to offer several conveniences(childcare, restaurants on site, etc) just to get you to stay longer and you don't realize how much you are working. Additionally, these jobs often frown upon those who opt to work from home instead of coming in. All of these conveniences are to make you want to come into the office instead of telling you you have to. It's the old adage you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

[thGenNativeTexan]

Here's the reality.... if you are working remotely, there is very very very little reason to go into an office like this to work. As a former office worker, it was already hard to have conference calls in a cube, and the move to remote was much better. I absolutely WON'T go into the office just to "be there" and try to work, as the atmosphere for doing those same conference calls is even worse.