Why Jellyvision chose TeamWorking by TechNexus as its global HQ

When the pandemic shifted how Jellyvision thought about office space, the well-known Chicago software firm chose TeamWorking by TechNexus as its new global headquarters. The move to the Civic Opera Building reflects a broader trend of companies rethinking what their workspace should actually deliver.

In April, Jellyvision moved its headquarters to TeamWorking by TechNexus , Chicago’s longest-running tech hub located at the Civic Opera Building. For Jellyvision, a well-known Chicago software firm that helps organizations and their team members untangle the complicated web of employee benefits, the Covid pandemic shifted the way the company thought about office space. No longer did Jellyvision need a space for its hundreds of employees to work five days a week. It needed a flexible, dynamic, and purpose-built office to accommodate a company that’s fully embraced hybrid work. With half of Jellyvision’s nearly 300-person team now located outside of Illinois, and local employees producing quality work remotely, the company opted against a full return-to-office mandate that many firms have turned to . We spoke with Jellyvision CEO Amanda Lannert about what her company was looking for in a new office, where full return-to-office mandates fail, and what’s next in Jellyvision’s mission to simplify employee benefits. What was it about TeamWorking that was attractive to your team? What was it about the space that worked for Jellyvision? For us, it was absolutely about flexibility. We came from a large bespoke, off-the-beaten-path office that had been very important to our identity, that we could no longer woo people back to for any reason at scale. And it was lonesome to have only six people in a full office that could seat 300 on any given day. So we said, we're not going to do a return-to-office mandate. We're not investing in office space and forcing people to use it. Our mission about office space is flexible first . That doesn't mean remote only. It means flexible. And when it comes to office space, we said, “it's purpose, not presence." There are a small number of people who desperately want to leave their house, put on pants, and get a change of scenery or silence or focus or boundaries. And we have desks for them. But now at TeamWorking we have overflow so that whe

By Jim Dallke at TechNexus Venture Collaborative