Fifty-seven percent of small and midsized business owners who increased remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic said they will likely maintain the option for employees in the long term.
What happens as we move past the COVID-19 pandemic?
It’s a universal question faced by businesses right now. And while the Internet is abuzz with post-pandemic postulation, a vast amount of uncertainties still loom.
However, COVID-19's impact on how people work going forward seems unmistakable. For many organizations, the pandemic moved work from home strategies from policies under consideration to a sudden plunge into the unknown.
Now that the waters have been tested, what’s next?
The reality is, while Work From Home numbers have spiked in recent months, the trend has been ticking upward for years, as millennial and Gen-Z workforce prefers flexibility and fluidity in their work environment.
More recent numbers suggest that pandemic-enforced Work From Home strategies aren’t going anywhere.
In fact, Fifty-seven percent of small and midsized business owners who increased remote working due to the COVID-19 pandemic said they will likely maintain the option for employees in the long term, according to a new study by cloud communications provider Intermedia.
If you took the plunge, but are having trouble treading water, it might be time to formalize your approach.
In assessing current setup, consider these 4 questions:
A Remote Work Assessment and Remote Work Checklist provide a starting point for companies to plan for remote working or, if already engaged, for optimizing and improving productivity. These exercises can help develop protocols for remote meetings set-up, streamlining the routing of phone calls, to outlining management expectations under remote workforce policies.
For more on the Remote Work Assessment and Checklist, click here.
My old journalism teacher said it over and over and over again. “People always relate to people.” It’s still the case today.
In the days and weeks after shelter-in-place initiatives were enforced, did you (at least once) rifle through all your personal expenses, and ask yourself "what can we afford to cut?" As we move further past the pandemic, buyers will be more value conscious than before.
Even in a remote work environment, pointed meetings with your clients face-to-face (or online meeting) can create enormous value. A regularly-scheduled partnership review spurs collaboration, reviews current performance, and ensures your solutions are aligning with distinct customer goals.
Ask yourself ... has your technology provider smoothly navigated the waters of remote work for you and your organization?
At Datamax, we believe Partnership begins with Discovery. The Datamax Discovery Process is designed to holistically explore your current IT infrastructure, security vulnerabilities, your daily workflows and communication methods, and then recommend necessary resources for working from anywhere, anytime.
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