Jene, I've had this conversation with a number of space owners and it's really about how you want to run the place. As Tara illustrated, different styles and life situations dictate different needs. At Office Nomads we "hired" an office manager from day one. My good friend Eric Von Blon opens the space every morning (mon-fri) and either Susan or myself comes in sometime thereafter and stick around to close up. Originally it worked out great because Eric needed to be in the space for his job and recently it's gotten interesting because even though he was laid off from his paying job he still comes in every morning to open up. How to replicate this is uncertain and we've had to think about that seriously because our arrangement might now work for Eric's next job. We'll address that when it comes.
Jacob On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:04 AM, jbb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > This forum has been a wonderful resource. Thank you all! > I am in the pre-catalyst (?) stage here in Portland Maine.I have the > opportunity to lease a nice space, and am trying to work out the > logistics. > My obstacle right now is that in order to have flexibility in > scheduling (drop-in, part-time, etc.) I believe I'd need someone to be > at a front desk all the time. > However, we don't have someone available to do that. I'd happily do it > myself, but I travel too much. > Hiring someone seems out of the question, being too expensive, even if > they had something to do. (It's a small space. Three private offices > and up to eight workstations.) > For the ease of administration, I'm leaning toward just having people > do full-time. Far better than working alone, but not the variety and > flexibility I would ideally like. > > So, I ask, what have other people done? > > Any thoughts are much appreciated! > > > Jene > > > > -- Office Nomads - Individuality without Isolation http://www.officenomads.com - (206) 323-6500 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
