GLOBAL VIRTUAL OFFICE REVOLUTION
Do you have a startup company and work from home?
Did you recently expand your enterprise and work remotely with your team?
If this sounds like your business, you are not alone. You’ve got plenty of company because you are part of a growing business market that doesn’t need a full-time brick and mortar presence. In this world, the value placed on productivity and employee work ethic is at its highest levels, but not on the physical location or being in an office 8 hours a day. This world needs an office address and phone number, but not the physical walls or even a landline. Welcome to the accessible, Global Virtual Office Revolution!
Bye-Bye Physical Office and the Long Commute
More than half of the current workforce will work remotely by 2020. That was the 2014 London Business School’s Global Leadership Summit projection. As a result, at least half of office staffers will work from non-conventional offices. Noteworthy is what The London Business School’s Director, Adam Kingl, said, “Leaders are learning how to enable their teams to flourish…traditional 9-5, Monday-Friday, commute-to-the-office job is quickly eroding.”
Global Virtual Office Benefits
Furthermore, technology has made going from a physical to a virtual office simpler, and it is easy to get and use. Indeed, a smartphone can just about run an entire business. Almost every 6-year-old child I know can use a cell phone and apps. The Gallup Report shows employees working remotely over the last five years on a steady uptick. It’s a win-win for both Employers and Employees. Employers save money on rent expenses, and employees tend to improve the quality of partnerships, collaboration, and intercommunication due to working remotely. These benefits influence all industries, from financing and insurance to manufacturing and construction.
Freedom and Flexibility
More than a third of the American workforce is currently freelancing. Employees want the freedom to empower themselves and the flexibility of venues and scheduling. Employers like the ability to scale up and down as business needs arise. A study by UpWork shows that half of the freelance workforce would not go back to a traditional job, no matter how much pay they were offered. Furthermore, freelancers as a whole were found to be more engaged in their work than their traditional W2 counterparts.
The Global Virtual Office Revolution is alive and well.
I witness virtual office service benefits daily at my workplace, BSSI Virtual Office:
- Business growth, and
- Business owners have improved control of how their time is spent
to name a couple! Because the Management team at BSSI has a decade of experience in the Virtual Office industry, the services offered and the package structure are ideal for startups as they are for expanding companies. Hence, I am learning firsthand what a global flourishing market the Virtual Office space is. I work with local plumbers, real estate agents, attorneys, consultants, and financial advisers halfway around the world.
Global Virtual Office Services
Shout out to the Professionals out there! It seems like everyone should prepare for the virtual office revolution. BSSI offers virtual offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, and New York. Read more about the services on this website. Learn how a business address, mail receiving, mail forwarding, and phone answering services can help your startup or enterprise.
Sources:
- The Majority Will Work Remotely by 2020, Say Executives. London Business School, 3 July 2014, www.london.edu/news-and- events/news/majority-will-work-remotely-by-2020-say-executives#.WkWH6FWnHcs.
- Gallup, Inc. State of the American Workplace. Gallup.com, 2016, news.gallup.com/reports/199961/7.aspx.
- Deutschkron, Shoshana. UpWork 2016 Press Release. Upwork, 6 Oct. 2016, www.upwork.com/press/2016/10/06/freelancing-in-america-2016/.
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