Companies stuck with big downtown leases as employees work from home

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VANCOUVER — Before the pandemic, dozens of employees were working from the bustling Georgia Street office of Vancouver tech company Wishpond, which has amenities like a pong-pong table, foosball and a basketball hoop.

But it’s been eerily quiet since CEO Ali Tajskandar directed his staff to work from home last March.

“We saw people are productive and happy to be saving on commute and spend more time with their family,” said Tajskandar. “So we decided for convenience sake – and for the fact we’re not getting any problems as a result, performance is good – we should actually make this permanent.”

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