05 October 2009 by Administrator
Having spent the last few months squatting in various sister companies' offices, Smarta finally made it into its new home last week, and is marking its one-week anniversary in its new office with a little celebration.We're actually feeling a bit smug about the whole thing: the move, you'll be glad to know, went swimmingly, and we are now comfortably ensconsed in our little sixth-floor paradise, known to friends as Smarta Towers.As newly-annointed office move experts, we thought we'd create a step-by-step guide to the perfect office move...
- Keep it simpleWe managed to avoid too many cooks spoiling the broth by making sure one person was in charge of the move
- Minimise costsThink about it carefully: do you need a professional removal company, or can you rope in some of your employees to help? Are you really going to need six spare desks?
- Don't move in until it's readyTo minimise downtime, hold off from moving your staff until the office is absolutely ready - and that includes measures such as phones and wi-fi.
- Stagger the moveStave off a mad rush for the best desks by staggering the move - we sent the management over first, followed by the rest of the company.
- Stagger deliveriesEven though it's always nice to have a queue of delivery men outside your front door, it's not really conducive to productivity - so leave any non-essential deliveries until after you've settled in.
Photo by our lovely in-house photographer, Meriem.