As many companies cautiously make their way towards office working, many of us are starting to envision a time when we can stop working from our bedrooms and return to the office. Yet, in the absence of a vaccine, aspects of modern workplaces will have to change if employees are to safely return to their desks.
Experts suggest this could involve a combination of short-term fixes aimed at boosting worker confidence, reducing the number of staff in the office at any one time and longer-term design upgrades, things like heat detection cameras to be installed and social/physical distancing.
The first phase of resuming office life will involve making basic changes to keep employees safe and allay fears. But amidst this we must focus on having a strong system that ensures efficient communication within the office and other locations.
Technology as a solution
The benefits of deploying technology as a solution, allows businesses to integrate processes quickly and provide an efficient solution that will handle the workspace and office environment throughout the pandemic period and beyond. In fact, new ways of working are here to stay and when employees do migrate back to the office, it will be to collaborate and get together with customers and teams. Most people and businesses have widely recognized that their day to day can happen from the home office or a third space – at least for part of the week.
This is where VoIP comes to the rescue. Invest in IP Telephony for your business today and you will not regret this.
Employee productivity
Technology solutions also help support the productivity of employees working from home who are planning to visit the office. Providing access to desk and workspace applications for optimizing scheduling and allowing them to collaborate with their colleague’s face to face.
Moving forward
COVID-19 has changed everything, from the way we live to the way we work and as people begin to return to the office and understand what the new normal looks like, businesses will need to provide safe and secure office and workspace environments for employees to continue to be productive whilst observing social distancing rules to keep themselves and their colleagues safe.
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