2020 has proven to be a very challenging year for most businesses. COVID-19 has brought about significant changes in the way we work and the way we conduct business. It has given way to the rise to more online transactions. Social distancing norms have forced many employees to work from home, leaving physical spaces and offices unvisited and unused for several months.
Maintaining your own business’s office or workspace is both impractical and expensive during this time in the COVID-19 pandemic. The solution to this is actually something that has already been available to most businesses for quite some time: coworking spaces, coupled with virtual offices.
What Are Coworking Spaces and Virtual Offices?
Coworking spaces are neutral locations where different people from different companies share an office and work independently on different tasks or in groups for a specific project. A coworking space can be rented and paid for daily, monthly, or yearly depending on what your business needs. It eliminates the need to set up your own business workspace for your employees.
Why Rent a Virtual Coworking Space?
1. It gives you a physical address for office-related services.
The best thing about a coworking virtual office in a time when most of your employees are working from home is that it gives you a dedicated physical address for office-related concerns. You or your employees do not want to be receiving business mails at your home, as these could get mixed up with personal mail. Further, for businesses with several employees, no dedicated physical address could lead to mail going to different individuals, which is very unorganized and messy. You also don’t want to be giving away a private phone number and have people calling you even at ungodly hours to do business. In the time of COVID-19 and with the challenging financial situations of most companies, renting a coworking virtual office is both smart and practical.
2. You do not need to pay for maintenance, unlike when setting up your own office.
When you build or rent your own office, you do not stop there. You have to hire maintenance personnel to do the cleaning every day and to repair broken fixtures. These costs are not practical during COVID-19, since most employees are encouraged to work from home and rarely have to go to the office.
3. It provides you with a workspace on the rare occasion that you need to do a task while physically together.
Even if telecommuting has been a great solution to the current situation, telecommuting also has its limitations. There are certain projects that need the physical presence of workers for it to be accomplished. On these rare occasions, a coworking space gives you a place to meet with your team and to accomplish whatever tasks you have to do together.
4. It lessens the number of people working in your own office.
For businesses that already have their own offices, the number of employees going to the office has been greatly reduced to comply with social distancing measures. Your office cannot be packed with employees as before. This forces other employees to work somewhere else. Unfortunately, not everyone has a dedicated workspace or a good internet connection at home, which makes it hard for both the employee and the business. Renting a coworking space solves this problem. Given that is it complete with necessary amenities for work like Wi-Fi and printers, it is the best place to situate your workers who do not have the equipment to work from home but also cannot stay in your primary office.
5. It is perfect for businesses that started during the pandemic.
Much like any other calamity or outbreak, COVID-19 will also pass, but for now, people will have no choice but to adjust and live with it. Because of this, most businesses have started to reopen, while new businesses have also sprouted. For these new businesses, renting a coworking space is the best option, as it saves up on much-needed capital for other aspects of the business.
If you are looking for a coworking space in Denver, check Your Office Denver. We offer different arrangements depending on your needs and budget. Get in touch with us today to learn which one will best suit your business!
