Office Equipment Key to Remote Working Shift

When you need to shift your workforce remotely, there are many critical decisions to make, such as making sure your staff still has access to all the right equipment and technology.

But what is catching companies off-guard is the upfront investment going-remote may require.

How can companies best manage the shift to a remote workforce? How do you maintain business productivity while also considering the health and wellbeing of your staff?

Responding to the evolution of the workplace

There’s no denying that Covid-19 has accelerated a workplace evolution that we weren't quite ready for. It has forced a large number of businesses to operate a quick pivot to a mostly remote workforce.

Before Covid hit the headlines, office layouts were already starting to adapt to new methodologies with the integration of hot-desks, flexi-time and scheduled remote work-from-home days. Now, remote work is no longer a special consideration but an important model if service-based companies want to survive.

The rapid change has also inspired tough but necessary conversations like—where will work be completed? What does a reduced workforce mean for our carbon footprint? Should companies reduce their furniture budgets? Or should budgets go directly into supporting their staff at home?

Prioritising the health and safety of staff without breaking the bank

No matter where your workforce is based, it’s a business' responsibility to ensure the health and wellbeing of their employees.

Where the right home office set up can boost your productivity and help your employees power through the work, unhealthy setups can lead to back, neck and shoulder problems and ultimately to a loss in productivity.

Keeping your workforce not only safe but happy creates more engaged and motivated workers and results in fewer sick days. It just takes the right measures to make sure you’re supporting your staff in the best way.

From allocating a budget to each employee to bulk buying desks and chairs, businesses have been looking at all solutions in order to ensure employees have the right setup when working remotely, at a great cost logistically and financially.

Moreover, when the staff numbers fluctuate greatly due to highly volatile economic conditions, it’s an investment that needs to be constantly re-evaluated and adjusted, thus increasing its cost even further.

As a result of this, more companies have opted to hire quality resources from furniture rental businesses like Valiant Corporate.

Office resourcing without long-term commitments or customisation options hasn't always been available or affordable but companies now have a way to ensure their workforce remains agile without overspending on resources.

Case study: Supporting TAL’s remote workers

By March, NSW and Victoria had gone into lock-down in the hopes of reducing the risk of further community transmission. Many organisations, including TAL Australia, quickly re-evaluated their working conditions and prepared their staff to work remotely to prevent disruption in their productivity and service.

TAL was committed to creating a healthy workspace for their staff no matter where they worked as this was critical to maintain their team's well-being, productivity and job satisfaction.

This was when Valiant Corporate stepped in. Since April 2020, Valiant has supported TAL by creating “milk run” deliveries and have delivered a variety of workstations and office chairs, directly at the employee’s homes.

With over 450 workstations or chairs delivered across New South Wales and Victoria, TAL was able to not only keep their staff working but making sure that they were safe working from home in right conditions, ready to support Australians in these times of need.

By organising up to 8 deliveries in a day, Valiant kept the logistics pricing down while rapidly getting necessary furniture solutions to keep TAL employees working.

For all your short-term or long-term office furniture needs, get in touch with the team at Valiant Corporate.

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