Changing the shape of your workplace | Gottlieb on returning to work safely

How your company office could change in the post-coronavirus era  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  VIEW IN BROWSER | SUBSCRIBE FRI, APR 24, 2020 TECH, TRANSFORMATION AND THE FUTURE OF WORK EDITOR'S NOTE Think a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter? Share this link with them to sign up. The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many employers to think seriously about reshaping their office layouts for the time when their workers return. In many offices, a return to current layouts seems unwise, or unrealistic, or both. Social media company Snap is getting ahead of this curve by making changes now to their floorplans, CEO Evan Spiegel told CNBC. From ice dispensers to temperature checks, Snap wants the office ready for when the world is. Former FDA chief (and CNBC contributor) Dr. Scott Gottlieb is urging all companies to take a proactive approach when it comes to planned office reopenings. All this makes us think seriously about the layout of all of our favorite spaces. There's no chance venues like stadiums, arenas or theaters will be renovated to address the virus threat – will management commit to seating every other row and every other seat and enforce distancing when we return to some activities? What about airlines? Will governments set the standards, or leave it up to individual companies, and their customers, to decide? The hope, of course, is that this virus runs its course and we eventually get a vaccine that will allow all of this to go back to normal. But that may be a long way off. KEY STORIES How your company office could change in the post-coronavirus era The coronavirus pandemic has thrown office workers into a massive, unprecedented work-from-home experiment. When the crisis eventually passes, workers will be going back to the office, but the work spaces will be very different. In-office Zooms, more breaks, testing – Dr. Scott Gottlieb offers advice to reopening businesses The former FDA chief told CNBC on Monday employers need to have specific plans in place for how to safely return workers to the office or shop floor. Snap is changing floor plans, considering temperature checks as employees return to offices, CEO says "Fundamentally it's going to be a slow process for us and really based on each individual's comfort level," Snap CEO Evan Spiegel told CNBC's "Squawk Alley." JOIN US HEALTHY RETURNS VIRTUAL SUMMIT May 12, 2020 REGISTER CNBC EVENTS CNBC Events @CNBCEVENTS Unsubscribe Manage Newsletters Terms of Service Join the CNBC Panel   Digital Products Feedback Privacy Policy CNBC Events   © 2020 CNBC LLC. All rights reserved. A property of NBCUniversal. 900 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes and Market Data and Analysis. Data also provided by THOMSON REUTERS