Freelancers now make up over fifty percent of the U.S. workforce and growing daily.

  • The U.S. freelance workforce is growing faster than the overall U.S. workforce, outpacing overall U.S. workforce growth at a rate 3x faster since 2014. It numbered 53 million in 2014 and grew to 57.3 million this year (8.1 percent growth since 2014) while the U.S. workforce grew from 156 million to 160 million in the same timeframe (2.6 percent growth).
  • Freelancers are expected to be the majority of the U.S. workforce by 2027, based on growth rates witnessed in the past year.
  • We might reach this milestone even faster as younger generations become a larger portion of our workforce. Almost half of working millennials (47 percent) freelance, a participation rate higher than any other generation. Results also show a progression of less moonlighters (19 percent in 2014 down to 16 percent in 2017) and part-time freelancers (59 percent in 2014 down to 53 percent in 2017) and more full-time freelancers (17 percent in 2014 up to 29 percent in 2017). — Source

For freelancers and corporate workers who work remotely, a communal workplace is oftentimes a nice necessity; a safe communal workplace even more so. Occasionally work requires more than just getting out of bed and putting on pants, unfortunately. A collective workplace that individualizes space as well as allows associations—otherwise known as meetings—many times cannot be in your living room as much as you would like them to be. You could go to the local coffee shop, but it’s too loud and crowded and the wifi is never the greatest and certainly not the most secure.

You’ve heard a new communal workplace has opened downtown. It looks clean and they have broadband. It sounds interesting as well as motivating. So, you check it out.

Corporations have a growing and avid interest in keeping employees and contractors that work remotely secure and safe. Cities, likewise, have a concern for security for the increased level of freelancers who venture outside of their own home occasionally and proceed to find suitable places to work throughout the city. Thus the burgeoning communal workplaces popping up throughout the urban landscape.

How do we keep communal workplaces safe?

BEC Integrated Solutions can keep your communal workplace safe and secure without violating your privacy or that of your associates with our Wireless Video Intercom System. “Keyless entry using a built-in touchscreen keypad, local video storage without extra cloud fees, smartphone / smart lock integration, and motion detection with video surveillance are only a few of the features offered. Identify each visitor before allowing entry.” That way each member of the communal workplace can control and be responsible for their own security simply by means of an app on their phone.

There are a host of other measures you can use to keep your communal workplace safe and secure. Please contact BEC Integrated Solutions for a free quote or check out our website to see what products fit your needs.