I've been renting the 1000 Satellites coworking space for some time.
A clear big plus point: Very professional equipment: Each desk is equipped with a high-quality, large curved screen, which makes everyday work much easier. This applies to all locations: So you know that no matter where you go, you just have to plug in your laptop and you can start working straight away.
Another advantage: Gilching has an incredibly beautiful view of fields and the airport. There are also more than enough parking spaces in the underground car park.
Ganz 1000 Satellites has a booking system that allows me to quickly and easily book a workplace at my desired location. What's particularly cool is that there are a lot of locations across Germany, so no matter where I am, I have a great opportunity to work productively.
There is one big negative point for which, fortunately, there are already compromises and hopefully a correct solution will be found soon:
Especially these days, video calls with customers are indispensable. Especially in an open-plan coworking space, sometimes you want to do it in peace. Be it because you are discussing something confidential yourself, or because you simply don't want the customer to be distracted by other conversations from other coworkers outside.
Although there are two individual offices in the coworking space, the structural quality of the individual offices is absolutely terrible. These offices are 0% soundproof. Every coworker outside the office can hear every word, which severely compromises privacy. Even worse, when both offices are occupied, the voices of the two office 'occupants' amplify each other, resulting in extreme reverberation, as if you were in the same room together.
During one of my calls, my customers asked me about it - an absolute no-go! It is incomprehensible to me why a modern coworking space does not create adequate areas for such activities.
As a compromise, we are currently considering putting a screen in the conference room so that you can hold meetings there and have a second monitor available. This means that two people can hold private meetings at the same time.
The advantage is that Gilching is currently not well attended - so you don't get in each other's way and you can often hold a meeting in peace at your normal workplace. However, this is of course also a disadvantage. I'm often alone or there are two of us - which can get a bit lonely in the long run.
In general, you should know that 1000 Satellites is primarily aimed at employees of larger companies (at least that's my feeling). Self-employed people who hope to network and collaborate with other coworkers, as is often the case with coworking spaces in the creative industry, could be disappointed here.
1000 Satellites listens to criticism and reacts accordingly, which I think is very good. For example, the price structure was recently adjusted so that all coworking spaces have uniform prices. Thank you for that!!
All in all, a well-equipped coworking space that I enjoy going to and feel very comfortable.
