Re-Opening Up Shop: Tips to Help Make Your Company’s Move Fast and Easy
Whether your company is moving because it’s outgrown its existing location or for other reasons, it’s not unusual for a company to move one or more times.
Like a residential move, this can go smoothly or it can be a disaster.
Keep these tips in mind to make your company move fast and easy so you can avoid disaster and avoid excessive downtime.
Keep Employees Informed
Your employees are the grease that keeps your business running smoothly.
They need to know what’s going on in order to keep providing the same quality of work they have all along.
Inform them of the move as soon as you can and keep them updated on how things are progressing.
Don’t forget to give them deadlines, including when they’ll be leaving the old location and going to the new one permanently.
Give Employees a Checklist
Whether they’re packing up their own spaces or you’re hiring movers to handle it all, employees will need to know that they’ll have all their supplies in the new location.
Give them a checklist that includes all their office items so they can confirm everything exists before the move and has safely made it through the move.
You should also provide checklists that offer information such as when to start packing, what storage solutions they may have at the new location, and anything else they may need to know or do for the move.
Hire a Moving Company
Hiring a moving company is one of the most efficient ways to make a move. But it’s important not to hire just any old moving company.
You need to look for corporate movers. These movers are experienced and knowledgeable about moving entire office buildings.
They have experience moving large amounts of electronics, potentially confidential files, and office furniture all at once.
Because of this, they can help make your move as quick and painless as possible so that your employees aren’t waiting around or unable to work.
Properly Pack Electronics
Before moving electronics, the first thing you need to do is backup all hard drives.
While properly packed electronics should survive the move just fine, the last thing you want is to lose essential data because a device didn’t make it.
After backing up hard drives, pack up electronics in plenty of bubble wrap, moving peanuts, or other material that will protect the devices.
Keep cords with the devices they belong to. Label everything so that it’s as easy as possible to put it all back together and be up and running quickly at the new location.
Rid the Office of Unwanted Items
Don’t pay to move stuff that you no longer need or use. Encourage all employees to purge files, drawers, and closets of paperwork, supplies, and other things that are no longer used.
If you need to destroy documents, hire a shredding service. Pare down what you take with you to only the things you need.
Moving a company is a coordinated effort. Everyone from the CEO to the lowest-level employees, and even your clients, need to work together to ensure a move happens smoothly and easily.
But with proper preparation, you can get it done quickly and lose very little time at all.
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