AmiSight 12/4: What Was I Thinking When I Signed the Lease?
- Ami Kassar
- 2 hours ago
- 1 min read
Every once in a while, I think back to the middle of Covid and ask myself, What exactly was going through my head? Everybody I knew was trying to get out of leases, shrink space, or go fully remote. Meanwhile, I went and did the opposite: I signed a brand-new, five-year office lease.
But I honestly believed that when things calmed down, we’d want a physical place to come together. And on that point, I was mostly right—just not in the way I expected.
Now that the five years are up, here’s where we landed: We’re renewing the lease. But for the folks who are local, being together once in a while still means something. It gives us something Zoom can’t.
What I never imagined back when I signed the lease is that less than half of our team would end up living anywhere near the office, and the ones who do live nearby would come in about half the time. If you’d shown me a picture of the company today, I would’ve assumed you had the wrong business. Covid forced us to think in a totally different way. Head over to my 21Hats column to continue reading.
