In 2020, as the world struggled to draft what the next steps for the workplace would be, Brittney was putting her thoughts out there, specifically her thoughts on rural work locations (a prediction that later came to fruition with the introduction of Salesforce’s Trailblazer Ranch).

CNBC featured Brittney in their high traffic article, ‘Kickass’ headquarters and amenities: How employers will win back office workers in 2021‘.

Here is an excerpt of the full feature:

After almost a year of working remotely during a global pandemic, many U.S. office workers are already thinking about their returns to the workplace in 2021. A majority 3 in 4 workers want to return to the office when the health risks of the virus subside, according to a November survey from the corporate real estate firm JLL, with about half hoping for a hybrid work arrangement between an office and home.

Employers, meanwhile, will have to adjust to workers’ expectations for increased flexibility and may have to go as far as creating “a kickass headquarters with a lot of amenities and a super slick experience” or “a really unique experience that you can’t get anywhere else,” says Nike’s director of workplace strategy and operations Brittney Van Matre.

As part of LinkedIn’s annual “Big Ideas” list of predictions for the new year, Van Matre recently told LinkedIn News editor Susy Jackson that companies may be able to win over employees if they create outposts in unconventional locations including rural or scenic areas associated with leisure, creating “a reprieve” employees can gravitate towards.

Check out the full article at this link below!

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/how-employers-will-win-back-office-workers-in-2021.html