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Open plan offices: How will it make our office greener?
Hey, I am the office manager of a marketing firm, and I am looking to optimize our current workspace. One of the most important factors to us as a company when creating this new workspace is to make it greener. Employee feedback prior to the restructuring announcement suggested that an open plan office would be preferred. Will an open plan make our office inherently more energy efficient? Thanks in advanceAsked 5 months ago
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What are the benefits of hot desking for employees?
Hi, I am a HR manager of a business that has been looking to use a hot desking approach. We have chosen hot desking due to the many benefits for us as a company (reduced space, lower energy cost, less waste etc.). However, we are concerned about the response from or employees at losing a designated workspace. What are some of the benefits to employees that can be highlighted in our next meeting? TYIAAsked 5 months ago
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How do matrix scheduling systems operate?
Hey, I am a CFO for a business looking to streamline our office space management this year. I have looked into many options and am impressed at what POC systems has to offer. I just have a question about how this type of matrix scheduling software would work in a larger company. Do all employees have access to the platform to book themselves in? or do they request a workspace to a manager for a certain date and the manager books it? Any help would be appreciated!Asked 4 months ago
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How many shifts can I allocate to each working spot?
Hey, I am a HR manager for an online news outlet. We have many employees that are freelance journalists for us and therefore we aim to have some form of hot desking/office hoteling implemented. I have a specific question about the platform itself, in the material it says that you can create multiple shifts for each workspace. How do I add more shifts to any particular workspace and what is the maximum number of shifts that can be assign to each?Asked 4 months ago
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What is an appropriate density ratio for employees?
Hey I am a HR representative for a media company. We are in the process of restructuring our office spaces for our employees. As we are interested in incorporating some form of desk sharing into our business we are trying determine the amount of workspaces we will require. How do you determine an appropriate office desk sharing ratio? Thank you and advanceAsked 4 months ago
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What areas to consider when calculating office utilization rate?
Hey all, I am a HR leader for a marketing firm. We are currently trying to use some analytics to assess the efficiency of our current workflow based on our current office layout. I have been looking at the statistics and am interested in calculating the office utilization rate. My question is which spaces should be taken into consideration when calculating this metric? All of them (warehouses, communal spaces etc.) or just those for office work? TYIAAsked 4 months ago
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How many employee names can I add in the Booking App?
Hi, I am a facility manager for a shipping company with around 250 employees in our offices. My question is fairly specific to an update provided recently on the POC-system platform. We now have the potential to add employee names to the software. Are there any restrictions to how many employees names can be added to the platform? Also are there any current methods to group these employees to teams? Thank you in advance. Asked 4 months ago
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What are some cost effective approaches to making an office space more comfortable?
Hey, I am a HR manager of a technical support company. In a recent company wide survey, employees suggested that they would prefer the current office to be more comfortable and employee friendly. The issue is we do not have a large amount of budget designated for this. What are some low cost methods which we can use to make the current office more to the employees liking? Any help would be appreciated.Asked 4 months ago
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What kind of cost savings can be made by following a hybrid work model?
Hey, I am the CFO of a marketing company. Since the pandemic we have been considering work from home and hybrid work models as potential future directions for our company, with us eventually settling on a hybrid model as the most sensible approach. For people that have implemented this model into their own company, what kind of cost savings did you typically see compared to your former way of working? TYIAAsked 4 months ago
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How many users can have access to the cloud server at once?
Hey all, I manage in a business which currently is trying to decide on which office space management software we prefer. One of the great appeals with this software is that it is cloud based so it be accessed from anywhere. This is ideal because we have so many employees that we would need multiple managers to control the system. Therefore, my question is how many users can have access to the POC-system could platform at any given time? Thanks for any help in advanceAsked 4 months ago
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