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Nice to meet you!
My name is Ubkata.
My previous job was in sales at a financial institution.
The culture is quite different between the IT industry and the financial industry, so I would like to write articles while making use of that perspective.
Today, I would like to introduce you to "free address".
A little review of free addresses.
Free address is a style of working in the office using a laptop or other device without having a fixed seat.
Due to the influence of the coronavirus, the movement to introduce it is increasing more and more.
According to the Metropolitan Office Demand Survey conducted in June 2020 by Ximax Real Estate Research Institute, compared to 2019, 9.1% → 38.1% of companies believe that seats for the number of people are unnecessary, and 4.6% → 14.3% of companies want to reduce their offices.
From the perspective of reducing office space, free address is excellent, and the benefits for management who want to reduce fixed costs will be great.
However, from the perspective of employees who actually use it, many people may feel that they want to continue working in the fixed seats they are used to.
In the future, we will clarify the advantages and disadvantages of free addresses and fixed seats, as well as the hidden problems of each.
Free Address VS Fixed Seat! Which one knows who's where?
In the case of working in a fixed seat, I think that people who do similar work in the same department usually create an island and have a desktop and their own seat.
The advantages in this case are:
- You don't have to carry documents, computers, or stationery
- Easy to know who is where
- Easy phone calls and easy to receive instructions between teams
- No hassle in choosing a seat
etc.
In particular, when it comes to "making it easy to understand who is where", it is probably the most important point in companies that go out and make phone calls a lot.
However, since it is a fixed seat, can it be said that it is easy to communicate within the company?
When I was at my previous job, I built an island in the same team and worked with a fixed seat on a landline phone and a desktop PC.
I had a lot of phone calling work, so I picked up the phone, checked the seats of the person in charge on the other side on a paper seating chart, and went to tell them about their seats.
At that time, I was trotting around the office so as not to make the other party wait as much as possible.
Despite this, there were many cases where it was discovered that I could not connect the phone after going to tell them.
- Absent person in charge
- Unable to handle on other phone calls
This is the case.
There were many times when I received scolding from the other party who was numb during the waiting time.
From these cases, it can be seen that the cause of the problem is "not knowing who is where" and "it is difficult to communicate with the person in charge", and that fixed seats do not necessarily mean smooth communication within the company.
However, Colorkrew Biz can solve these problems.
Confirm the attendance of the target person and contact them more smoothly!
You don't know who is where! can be solved with the seat management function of Colorkrew Biz.
You can use user search to pinpoint the target audience.
Can you see "Teams"?
If you press this, you can chat with the target person immediately.
You can also immediately request a call back and check whether or not you can receive a call.
In addition, there are other benefits of fixed seats that can be dealt with if you use a free address.
Smooth seat selection with seat lottery!
No hassle in choosing a seat
Take advantage of Colorkrew Biz's seat lottery feature and let the app choose your seat.
The Colorkrew Biz app will draw you to decide where you will sit today. By using this feature, you don't have to think about where and with whom.
Also, even though you have introduced a free address, it often becomes a fixed seat to sit on.
This seat lottery function is also recommended to prevent seats from being fixed at a free address.
Conclusion
Finally, we will organize what can be solved by using Colorkrew Biz's seat management function.
Not Knowing Who's Where
Solved by seat management function and Teams integration.
Find where the target person is with the seat management feature, contact the target person in Teams or send a message note.
Choosing a seat is a hassle
Leave seat selection to the app's seat lottery.
Take Colorkrew Biz as your free address companion and achieve a comfortable work style.