Because we are located in Ann Arbor, at least 1/3 of our members are trailing spouses - people whose significant others are doing grad or postdoc work at the University of Michigan. Almost all of them work for employers located elsewhere. Some of them work for large companies such as IBM, although most of them work for smaller companies. In almost all cases, the employer reimburses the employee for the cost of membership.
We also have a couple of engineers who live in Ann Arbor and work for an automotive supplier north of Detroit. Rather than commuting 45 minutes each way (on a good day), they work here and go into the office once a week or so. Their employer also pays for their memberships. There are a surprising number of people who live in Ann Arbor but work for auto manufacturers or suppliers in the Detroit area, which is a pretty significant commute. Due to the culture of these companies, getting them to understand the benefits of coworking for their employees is tough. On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Matthew Wettergreen <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Didn't see that this was posted and thought I'd share. Congrats to CoCo > and all the partners in LEXC on the coverage: > http://www.good.is/post/how-big-business-are-using-coworking-spaces/ > > Can any other spaces report on how many members are employees of larger > companies? > > Regards, > Matthew > > -- > Matthew Wettergreen, Ph.D > e: [email protected] > w: http://matthewwettergreen.com > c: 713.825.4613 > t: @organprinter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- twb member, Workantile Exchange <http://workantileexchange.com/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
