I would say it partially depends on how many people you have already pre-registered. If you have a bunch, then you might need someone as a concierge up front when people walk in, especially with as large a space as you have and 2 stories. Without knowing your space personally, I'm guessing people will need guidance once they walk in. However if your budget does not allow yet for both an operations manager and a concierge, then the ops mgr (you) will have to play both roles. My cofounder and I have done the latter from day 1, we're both managers of the space to a degree though he deals more with financials and sales and I focus more on operations/tech/digital marketing. However we've gotten to a point where we started to need a concierge up front as soon as people walk in, so I moved my desk up front so I can play concierge when necessary but none of my other responsibilities have changed.
Background: Our space is only 4,000 sq ft and 1 story, so we were able to see people as they walked inside and would come up and greet them (our desks were 1/2 way back in the space so as to observe the entire space and be working more intimately with the members, but increasing membership has required a concierge, so I volunteered to move my desk up to the front). Aside from our intern whom we pay minimum wage, we have not hired extra personnel yet because our rent is just over $3/square foot and is very expensive, we're just north and across the golden gate bridge from San Francisco, so wages are high here too. Alejandro Moreno S. <[email protected]> Cofounder/VP VenturePad <http://venturepad.works> SEC Marin <http://greenmarin.biz> Organizer LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandromorenosaldarriaga> Twitter <https://twitter.com/VenturePadWorks> On Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at 5:27 AM Liz Boudreau <[email protected]> wrote: > My coworking space is opening in about 10-12 weeks. I will be acting as > operations manager, but currently have no other staff hired at the moment. > Our building is 2 floors, approximately 10,000 sf with a maximum occupancy > around 135 people. What do you consider the most important/necessary staff > positions to have filled on DAY 1. Looking for ways to scale hiring. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
