Do you feel like it’s time to reopen the office? Good! We’re happy to tell you that you’ve come to the right place.

A smart, simple and reliable return to the office

Bringing employees back to the office is the goal. Making it stick – no disastrous virus outbreaks, no reversals in course, a smoothly functioning workplace – is the end game.

With employees getting used to working from home and not coming into office everyday – the workplace will change. Today, work is not something you go to but something you do and flexible working has gone from dream to reality.

Before you open the doors for your employees, there are some things you need to have in place. Safety precautions is one piece, an updated, flexible workplace with the right digital solutions is another. Let’s start planning!

Employee Density

Getting people back to office is the goal but making it safe is key. You can’t open the doors to all your employees at the same time. This means that you need to rethink your office capacity. Meaning, how many people can you fit while still keeping up with social distancing and safety?

How much you need to decrease by depends on the design of your workplace, your spaces and above all how many people can spread out safely. A good way to start out is to measure out each floor and then make a calculation of how many seats are okay to use given social distancing policies.

Social Distancing

Social distancing remains the most important factor in making sure to keep the virus down. As an employer, your role is to make sure it’s easy for your employees to keep up with social distancing guidelines. For example, all desks should be placed as far from each other as necessary, lunchrooms and cafeterias need to be modified to ensure safety and the maximum amount of people in meeting rooms needs to be decreased.

Cleaning

Office cleanliness has of course always been a priority for serious businesses – you don’t want to do your job in an untidy setting. But even so, the cleaning schedule has never been a strategic question, mostly just an on-going, on-time-setup process. Now, cleaning is not just a subject for the workplace operations-team, but an organization wide responsibility.

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