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Hello!
This is Shimojima, a writer.
I write articles introducing physical media and movies.
Originally, I experienced various jobs such as planning and sales for an advertising company, logistics-related office work, publishing-related sales, and electric vehicle worker management, and arrived at my current job.
The theme is free address.
Let's take a look!
It's hard to ask now, but what is a free address?
Free address.
"I've heard of it somehow, but I can't imagine it."
Isn't there someone like that?
Free address is a free way of working in the office where you choose your favorite seat to work.
Working without having your own fixed seat is very different from the traditional work style.
- **If you have a laptop or tablet, you can use the vacant seat as a reading table in the library. **
- You **can make effective use of the space of people who are not in the office. **
There are benefits such as.
The first free address was in 1987.
It was introduced for the first time in the world at the Shimizu Construction Technology Research Institute.
Later, in the 2000s, it began to be introduced by other companies.
Purpose of Introducing Free Addresses
There are three main purposes for introducing free addresses in companies.
Effective Use of Free Space
For example, the introduction of hybrid work between office attendance and telework is progressing, and if you use fixed seats, the space for employees who are teleworking will not be used. By introducing a free address, you can make effective use of this free space.
Promoting Interaction with Other Departments
With fixed seats, there are limited opportunities to communicate with people from other departments.
We only talk occasionally at events such as company New Year's parties and year-end parties. This trend tends to lose communication opportunities due to hybrid work.
Some smokers may have communicated in smoking areas, but in recent years, as smoking has been quitted, opportunities for communication through cigarettes have decreased.
Originally, a person who does not smoke does not even have such an opportunity for communication.
By introducing a free address, employees can freely choose their seats, allowing employees who have never talked to each other in the course of work to interact and make new connections, and new work ideas are generated from casual conversations.
ABW work style can be accommodated
By introducing a free address, you will be able to respond to an ABW-style work style that allows you to freely choose your time and place. Although it is spreading rapidly in Japan, some companies are still hesitant to introduce it.
In order to spread such an ABW-like way of working, one way is to first try a free address within the company.
The problem with free addresses is that you don't know where they are!
"I received a phone call from a customer to the person in charge, but I couldn't answer it, so I looked for the person in charge, but I didn't know where he was."
This is a common case when introducing a free address.
And the person in charge of such nameless work is a new employee who has just joined.
It's not efficient to do such a nameless job when you have other jobs.
Colorkrew Biz can solve such problems!
With Colorkrew Biz, the seating chart is visualized, so it's easy to know who's where.
Visualize where people are just by scanning QR codes for seats and spaces
(600 seats per floor, 50 floors per team can be visualized at the same time)
Colorkrew Biz has a visible seating chart, so it's easy to know who's where.
Conclusion
In this article, we introduced the purpose of introducing free addresses and the problems that tend to occur with free addresses.
The problem of not knowing who is there, which often occurs with free addresses, can be solved with Colorkrew Biz.
If you are busy with a nameless job, please contact us.
Colorkrew Biz offers more than just this.
Next time, I would like to introduce the series that I can't ask anymore: the advantages and disadvantages of free addresses.