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by ghaff 1274 days ago
A business writer friend of mine told me a month or so ago that, based on a sampling of key swipes, office occupancy is down about a third compared to pre-pandemic although I'm sure it varies a lot.
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About a third or to a third? Regardless, at my place of work ("hybrid"), I would be shocked if badge swipes were 10% of pre-pandemic levels.
I can't find the reference but, as I recall it was a drop from 65% pre-pandemic (that may seem low because pre-pandemic a lot of people still traveled or otherwise weren't in the office on a typical day) to around 40% these days. I'm told my workplace is quite a bit lower as well.
From the article this appears to be the case for san francisco (20+% vacancy) but not for Silicon Valley.
Although commercial occupancy rates are a different measurement from how many seats are filled on an average day.
Yeah, re: my 'lights are on, but nobody home' anecdote from the peninsula - I'm specifically referring to butts in seats. Said seats are currently very relaxed and well aired out compared to typical.