Archive for category reduce
Michigan Live: West Michigan office furniture makers make dramatic changes for annual NeoCon show in Chicago
Posted by admin in office space, reduce on June 10th, 2010
A troubled generation of middle agers aren’t left out, either. Downsized and pinching pennies more than ever, many mid-career people are working at home or even renting a “third place” desk by the hour. Most of this year’s office chairs and desk/benches target these small-volume buyers. As banks and New York financial houses crashed in last year’s collapse, some of the richest markets for high-profit, high-design office furniture dried up.
NPR: The End Of 9-To-5: When Work Time Is Anytime
Posted by admin in employees, reduce, workshifting on March 25th, 2010
NPR: The End Of 9-To-5: When Work Time Is Anytime
Hennepin County is practicing what’s called a results-only work environment, or ROWE, which gives everyone in a company the freedom to do their job when and where they want, as long as the work gets done. The state of Minnesota signed a contract for the program last year as part of a campaign to reduce rush hour traffic on 35W in Minneapolis. Nationwide, 3 percent of businesses now say they have a ROWE, though as far as participants here in Hennepin County know, theirs is the first public agency to adopt it. Many are ecstatic at the way it’s working so far.
Press-Register (blog): Real estate agencies downsize
Posted by admin in office space, overhead, reduce on March 4th, 2010
Press-Register (blog): Real estate agencies downsize
Dauphin Realty plans to downsize in west Mobile, its 24 agents leaving a 4,000-square-foot space for 2,400 square feet at 5613 Cottage Hill Road by mid-April. “The real estate business is undergoing drastic changes because of the economy,” said Johnny Roberts of Roberts Brothers. “It’s no longer a bricks-and-mortar type of industry with the advances in technology, home offices, cell phones, e-mail and the Internet.”
Inc.: The Real Consequences of Office Clutter
Posted by admin in office space, reduce, tips on February 17th, 2010
Inc.: The Real Consequences of Office Clutter
A rather vocal assistant is what brought Margot Sterns, owner of MTS Promotions, a provider of promotional products for companies, to the realization that her home office in New York City was in desperate need of a makeover three years ago. Since she was the business’ sole employee, Sterns says she had trouble finding space for the orders she processed for the multiple clients she juggled at one time, and had to hired extra hands – despite her embarrassment.
The Business Journal: Ernst & Young merging sites
Posted by admin in home office, office move, office space, reduce, workplace on December 23rd, 2009
The Business Journal: Ernst & Young merging sites
In a move the company says is aimed at serving clients “in a highly efficient and effective manner,” accounting and consulting giant Ernst & Young is merging the operations of its Greensboro office into its office in Raleigh. The Greensboro office will be maintained as a “touch-down and meeting facility” for the firm, Kerrigan said, giving those who are working from home, or who are in town from other markets, a place to meet or work.
The Washington Post: Many young professionals take location over space, and learn to make the most of it
Posted by admin in home office, reduce, remote work on December 9th, 2009
“It’s a question of affordability,” said John McIlwain, a senior fellow at the Urban Land Institute . With the job market still suffering and people’s confidence and credit lagging, people are going for smaller places. Andy Klatt, a consultant for a property management software company, said he loves the lack of office politics and commuting traffic. He has no desk or file cabinets. “I keep it really small. . . . I don’t want my home to feel like an office,” he said. Instead, he has filled his small space with smaller furniture from Ikea.
New York Times: A Business Forced to Shrink May be Stonger
Posted by admin in reduce, small business on June 17th, 2009
New York Times: A Business Forced to Shrink May be Stonger
What does small mean? “Small means that you will outsource the boring, low-impact stuff like manufacturing and shipping and billing and packing to others, while you keep the power because you invent the remarkable and tell stories to people who want to hear them.”