A New Kind of Office for the New Generation

A New Kind of Office for the New Generation

Jennifer Osborne

Kaplan University

A New Kind of Office for the New Generation

For the longest time, office jobs consisted of the same old thing. Employee’s get up, get ready, sit in traffic, go into work, punch in, and sit in their cubicle or office until the day ended. But now things are starting to change to the offices we have become accustomed to. As technology grows and expands, so does the environment in which we use it. For offices, the two have begun to merge to one. Employers and business’s now are creating companies completely virtual-based. Most, if not all, of the company is controlled and operated through technology and the internet. It has become a popular and innovative thing for business owners to do. As a customer, besides not being able to physically walk into a business’s headquarters, it goes hardly noticed. As an employer, to create a virtual-based company has become more popular for the obvious benefits; however, the drawbacks may not be worth it.

Virtual based companies reap benefits not seen by actual businesses. Virtual-based companies save the money that would be normally spent on real estate and overhead. They don’t need to go find a prime location or worry about how much electricity costs and so forth. Virtual companies have found that they have much happier employees. The people who work for them, often get to work right from home. With the privilege of working from home, one doesn’t really need to stress on common everyday work problems like facing traffic during commute and money for lunch or work clothes. Another positive thing to virtual companies is that everything concerning the company is accessible right from their computer.

Common-sense is needed to be able to run a business that is 100% virtual. An employer must hire people who want to contribute to the growth of the company. They must weed out anyone who is self-beneficial and not “for” the company. Employers must give...