The mobile revolution will make Moscow and St. Petersburg less attractive for the office workforce

This conclusion was reached by the experts of the holding “Western European Financial Union” – a company specializing in IT development and investment in the field of high technology. 

“Currently, a third of the working staff in the world performs their duties remotely, and we owe the growth in the number of such employees to the global mobile revolution,” Maxim Dolgopolov, the head of the holding, shared his opinion. 

Sales of smartphones and tablets are breaking new and new records.

 As a result, the number of mobile employees is also growing. Many specialists who need only a good Internet connection, a high-quality mobile device and software to perform their functions, reasonably prefer their own workplace to the office, in an area, city or even country remote from the company’s location.  

A similar opinion was expressed the day before by the deputy editor-in-chief of CRN/RE (IT Business)  Svetlana Belova, who spoke at the VI Altai Regional IT Forum:

“The development of cloud infrastructure allows you to organize access to corporate information from anywhere. This means that the capital’s companies will use remote employees even more actively, including from other cities.”

According to Maxim Dolgopolov, such a trend may lead not only to a decrease in the influx of office labor to Moscow and St. Petersburg, but also allow some companies to abandon offices altogether. “In fact, in this state of affairs, you can see benefits for everyone,” said the head of ZEPHSA. – The employee does not waste time and nerves on the road, works in the most comfortable conditions for himself.  The employer, in turn, saves on the maintenance of the office and the purchase of equipment. The main thing in organizing a “remote office” is to develop reliable ways to perform tasks and a reliable system for remote access to corporate information.”