{"id":3000020345,"date":"2020-09-22T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/?p=3000020345"},"modified":"2020-09-22T15:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T19:51:53","slug":"a-community-finds-it-is-stronger-when-physically-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/a-community-finds-it-is-stronger-when-physically-together","title":{"rendered":"A community finds it is stronger when (physically) together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Residents of Perth, Australia<\/a>, are returning to work under safe circumstances<\/a> after six weeks of restrictions. Even though their lockdown period during the pandemic was shorter than in other parts of the world, many have felt the effects of working from home<\/a>. Getting out of bed and jumping into meetings in the next room was one perk of working from home, but, for many, the novelty didn\u2019t last. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPre-COVID-19, working from home was a choice. Throughout the growing pandemic and restrictions, working from home became a mandate, and cabin fever started creeping in,\u201d says Fiona Nguyen, a member of WeWork William Square<\/a> in Perth, in Western Australia. \u201cI missed my office space, the separation of work life and home life, and more importantly, I missed the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of Western Australia are lucky to live a life that is almost back to pre-COVID-19 comforts. Roughly 80 percent of WeWork members in the state have returned to work, supported by the security measures that are in place in the buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n