

The risk of remote is it can also be very isolating. So I think there’s a huge opportunity here. We’re based in San Francisco - San Francisco does not represent all of the talent in the world - especially around the country. You can also hire a much more diverse talent pool. But you know, you can save money on real estate. So we’re going to want to see employees occasionally, and we’re going to have to figure out how frequently that is. I don’t think anyone who is predicting they’re going to make their employees go back five days a week, or anyone who is saying they’re 100% remote - both those positions are probably going to converge toward somewhere in the middle. And when you think about this and you look out, I know that this is permanent in your mind about how you’re going to allow people to work.īurnett: But there is this whole, well, I want to see sometimes.Ĭhesky: Me too. And so I do think that ultimately employees are going to drive the future, not employers.īurnett: Which is fascinating.

And after compensation, the next most important benefit will probably be flexibility. I think ultimately, we as leaders are going to need to compete for the best talent. Because if a CEO says you have to go back to the office, they’re going to have a choice: Do I want all the talent pool, or just the people willing to come in to my office? Tell me why.Ĭhesky: Well I don’t think CEOs are going to dictate how people work in the future. So if I see you there, I better see you here. The CEO of Morgan Stanley has now famously said, if you can go to a restaurant, you can come back in the office. And even then, you’ve described the lifestyle as ‘live anywhere.’īurnett: Ok, so that’s very different than what we hear from some other companies.

And so this is, I think, going to open up a huge amount of flexibility, and therefore a lot more travel for people.īurnett: Ok, so this travel then, some of it’s related to… longer stays or longer weekends.īurnett: But what about you? So Airbnb, the last I checked, you’re not requiring people to come back until a year from now. They’re more flexible about where they can go, when they can go. What it means is millions of people are now more flexible. And so long as employers allow people to live a hybrid life - we don’t all have to come back to work five days a week. Now, all three places are in the same place. Before the pandemic, we used to live in one place or house, work in another place or office, go to a third place - travel. The world is never going back to the way it was in 2019. Some people look at this and they say, ‘Wait, things have fundamentally changed and business travel has changed and the way people view travel has changed.’ What are you seeing that makes you so optimistic?Ĭhesky: Well they’re right. Burnett: Your words here are ‘travel revolution’ and that you think the industry will come back bigger than ever.
