Anyone who works for Airbnb can do so from anywhere in the future.
As the head of the American accommodation broker, Brian Chesky, announced on Thursday evening German time, the regulation should apply permanently.
Every employee can choose the constellation that suits him or her best.
The salary will not be adjusted, regardless of the cost of living at the respective place of work, Chesky emphasized in a series of tweets.
In addition, employees could “live and work up to 90 days a year in 170 countries in any conceivable place”.
Chesky justified the step by saying that the world had become more flexible.
In addition, the company "would not have recovered so quickly from the effects of the pandemic if millions of people had not been working from Airbnb apartments."
Personal meetings are still planned
At the same time, Chesky emphasized that while Zoom conferences are great for maintaining connections and nurturing relationships, "they're not the best way to deepen them."
The "most important connections" arise in direct personal exchange and some creative work is best done together in one room.
As a consequence, Chesky also announced "regular team meetings".
Most employees should meet their colleagues personally for about a week every quarter.
For some, this will be the case more often.
The concept should “combine the best of both worlds”.
Airbnb also wants to focus more on “workation” in general.
Chesky's co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk emphasized in an interview with the FAZ at the end of December last year: "The differences between living, working and traveling are blurring." An important point in being able to work well is of course the internal connection.
Blecharczyk said more and more users were filtering search results based on whether WiFi was included.
“But actually they don't want to know if they can access the Internet.
Most accommodations offer WiFi.
It's about how good the network access is. ”So hosts can now also have the Internet speed confirmed.