Benefits & Savings for Business Owners

Save on heating, cooling & electricity costs for your office -

The fewer hours per week you have to heat, cool & light your office, the more you will save. The less square footage you have to heat, cool & light, the more you save.

Less office space may be required -

The fewer employees you have in the office at one time, the less office space you will require to rent or own. Plus, all those other incidental costs like water for the bathrooms, water coolers and other incidentals add up for each person that uses your office on a daily basis.

Communication cost savings –

Virtual PBXs can require much smaller upfront costs than a new PBX or services from a traditional phone provider. VOIP can result in significant savings over the costs of phone service from traditional providers.

Travel cost savings –

The less travel you have to reimburse those employees eligible for travel reimbursement, the greater the savings. Using web conferencing, phone conferencing, secure IM (Instant Messaging) and E-mail can cut down on both mileage and travel costs. With mileage rates, air fare and lodging costs skyrocketing, savings can be substantial. In addition to travel cost savings are important time cost savings. The time and disruption of the physical travel to the meetings where all your employees get together can distract your employees from their tasks of sales, customer service and satisfaction.

Technology infrastructure cost savings - 

While home and remote offices have their own costs & benefits, there are possible savings in technology infrastructure costs for your main office. With online services and collaboration, there can be significant savings from not having to lease or purchase hardware and software. You may save on maintenance and expensive upgrades of hardware and software. You may need less extensive computer networks, servers and less IT support. You may require less bandwidth and lower phone costs per month at your main office.

Efficiency –

Better collaboration and better communication can help your employees and business be more efficient and more profitable.

Employee Satisfaction, benefits & recruitment -

 Many employees will see the savings in money and time of not having to travel as often to and from work as a significant benefit, especially with the spiraling gas prices. Even only working from home one or two days a week can be very rewarding to them.

 For employees with children or other obligations, working from home can be a very significant consideration. Also employees may be more open to flex time arrangements where they work shorter shifts at different times other than the Monday – Friday, 9 to 5 traditional work week. You may be better able to provide enhanced hours and service to your customers during the evening, night and weekends. Employees may not perceive the safety, travel time and inconvenience issues they might have working "off hours" and shorter (or longer) shifts that might be more convenient for your customers and your business. You may be better able to recruit highly qualified and desirable "work at home" parents as employees. Or retain current valued employees that have new family situations and obligations. Happy and satisfied employees are better workers.

Continue to operate during disasters & emergencies -

Your employees can work from home or any other location with internet access during disasters and other emergencies that might affect your main office location. During a health emergency, such as many were concerned would happen during the recent flu outbreak, home workers could continue to keep parts of your business functioning while your competition fell behind. Localized weather conditions, power outages, tornadoes and other disasters often affect relatively small areas & you are able to keep your business in operation during them rather than be shut down completely by them.

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