Israeli workplace gets big rethink as high-tech companies lead office space exodus
Follow Dec. 29, 2020 They were once a shimmering symbol of Startup Nation: the glass-and-steel office towers that filled high-tech parks in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Haifa. But while Israeli high-tech has been thriving during the coronavirus, many companies are forswearing commercial real estate. Tech companies are cancelling leases and pulling back from expansion plans at a rapid clip. Companies inside and outside high-tech are giving thought to how to redesign the office space they do have, and grapple with a host of psychological issues that arise when employees no longer come to the office e...