> > > Then consider office tech support, which is on your list. That's >> >>> something you can't really do remotely and part-time. If something >> >>> goes wrong, you need to be there to fix it. With a rapidly growing >> >>> office, that's going to take up a significant amount of time as well. >> >>> (It's probably half a day's work just to set up each new staff >> member.) >> > > True, some aspects are hard to handle remotely. But, again, this gives us > a tech resource to draw on and helps justify FTE in 2014. > > Realistically speaking; if you're paying £35K for a developer/manager > (which is what the last job description was looking for) it's not a great > use of his or her time to be fixing laptops :) If this is a major issue > there are contract tech support services we could look into to fill this > specific gap that would be more cost effective. > >
In fact; mulling on this specific point... I think this is the approach to take for tech support in the office. Either contract it to a local firm (as it's not something likely to demand days each week) or hire someone part time - a student for example. It doesn't require exemplary technical skills, and is the prime opportunity to offer a "first job" to someone. Tom
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