Translated from 日本語 • View original 
How are you? Golden Week is over, did you enjoy it?
Today, I would like to talk about a work style that incorporates "free address and hoteling" for large companies with a large number of employees!
What is Free Address and Hoteling?!
Needless to say, free address is a style in which employees can freely choose long desks and chairs installed on the floor without having their own personal seats. There are sofas and other rest spaces, making it look like a café.
It was realized for the first time in the world in March 1987 at the Shimizu Institute of Construction and Technology. Along with the word "free address", the style of sharing seats in open spaces actually originated in Japan.
Recently, with the increase in telework due to the coronavirus pandemic, more and more companies are focusing on the cost reduction effect of office rent and working on free address 。 In particular, I feel that the number of office reductions in large companies with more than 1,000 employees has increased.
Since large companies have a large number of employees, if you recklessly reduce your office, you may end up saying, "There are not enough seats!" when you come to the office. That's why I would like to recommend that you also introduce hoteling when introducing a free address!
So, what is the relationship between free address and hoteling? Some people may think so.
Hoteling is a system in which employees choose and reserve seats by themselves. Therefore, even after introducing free addresses and reducing the number of seats, employees can reserve seats in advance to manage seats smoothly.
What are the largest companies that should implement free addresses and hoteling?
I have many opportunities to talk with companies that have various concerns and issues in their daily sales activities. Recently, there has been an increase in inquiries about introducing free addresses and hoteling.
These large companies have the following challenges.
- I want to reduce the office to a free address
- I want to be able to reserve a seat
- I want to introduce telework and control the number of people coming to work.
- You want to improve employee engagement
- I want to make corona measures easier
And so on!
However, if you introduce these all at once, you won't know who is working where, and you won't be able to run out of seats. Companies with a large number of employees or companies with many floors and bases will need extra management.
Just recently, I will talk about an example of a customer who inquired about it.
- More than 1,000 employees
- I want to limit office attendance to 20%
- I want to reduce the number of seats in the office to about 500 seats.
He said that he would like to make it a condition like that.
It is exactly the right condition for the introduction of free addresses and hoteling for large companies.
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I have heard that seat reservations are managed on paper, Excel, whiteboard, etc. In a company with a large number of employees, it was quite difficult to manage analog like that, and it seemed that it was difficult because there was a lot of information leaked in the end.
Such challenges will disappear at once with "Colorkrew Biz"!
Seat Visualization
You can check who is coming to work for each floor at once, and you can check at a glance who is sitting where or if they are teleworking!
Seat reservation function up to 1 month in advance
"Colorkrew Biz" has a simple design that allows you to choose your favorite seat and reserve a seat in a few steps. Even if it is a fixed seat, it can also be used to control the attendance rate.
Restrictions on Attendance
When the attendance rate set in advance in the management tool is reached, a warning can be issued and a warning can be issued.
You can also limit reservations beyond the set number of people to work, so you can easily control the attendance rate.
Colorkrew Biz, which leads to improved communication even in the corona disaster!?
By making the office free-addressed, the office space will be reduced and rent and maintenance costs will be reduced. This alone is a big advantage for large companies that are implementing telework.
However, there are other benefits to using Colorkrew Biz to introduce free addresses and hoteling!
Improved Employee Engagement
The biggest benefit is the promotion of communication. When you come to work, you can sit in a different seat and sit close to people who don't always have a chance to talk, which improves communication within the company. You can get new information, ideas, etc.
Not only that, but you can instantly understand who is where and communicate appropriately!
Perfect for corona infection countermeasures
Even in the office, social distancing must be observed, so it is possible to prevent crowding by not only choosing your favorite seat with a free address, but also by reserving a seat in advance through hoteling.
And since you can take all the logs, if you happen to be infected, you **can identify close contacts from the log data and take quick secondary prevention measures! **
Thank you all for reading to the end today. That's it from the Italian Marco!
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