Have you ever heard of the Virtual Office setup? With more and more people opening their own companies, some of them don’t even have available office spaces to rent. In Singapore, more and more start-ups are opening offices but can’t afford yet an office space. Yes, the virtual office system is new. But it has been considered to be both economical and efficient for start-ups and business that are in the telecommunications field. How so? Here are some advantages of a virtual office.

Commute-free

Traffic is a pain in the head sometimes. Most of us would travel an hour or two just to get to work. We often come in late for work or exhausted from the traffic we’ve just been through. With a virtual office, fewer employees are driving to work so less gasoline is vehicle emission is being released. Not only that, you’re also helping the environment by not driving and emitting smoke from your vehicle.

Active and Happy Employees

Research show that employees doing desk work for more than 11 hours a day may increase their risk of death by 40%. With them working on their own comfort and work independently, they are more like to be productive and focused with what they are doing. For younger employees, not conforming the work rule like dress codes and traditional work hours makes them happy and active working for your company.

Accessible anywhere

Want to work on the bed? How about on the living room? With a virtual office you’ll be able to work without worrying on what to wear and where to work. You can work anywhere. You just need to log in/time in and start working.

Fewer payments

Take note of the word “virtual”. There are Virtual office in Singapore who offer services like an address for mail, a meeting facility for special purposes and a dedicated phone and fax line for your company. But with this, you don’t have pay thousands for an office space lease and utility payments. You don’t even have to buy computers, printers, tables, chairs and other office equipment for any of your employees.

Hire more employees.

With you saving money from rent and equipments, you (as the business owner) can now focus on hiring more and more employees. Not only that you can even hire employees anywhere around the world because everything is online. Now you can have a worldwide range of network and that’s just the beginning of your start-up going global.