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4 Tips if You’re Worried About Office Productivity During the Move

Office productivity can lag during an office relocation, especially if your office is unprepared for the upcoming move. It's essential to have a strategy, maintain good morale among your staff, and communicate with clients, so they'll know what to expect from the people who work in your business. Getting ready well before your relocation can help your employees stay productive and keep up the excellent work.

1. Make a Strategy

Months before your relocation begins, work with a team of managers or senior staff to create a strategy that will help your company from beginning to end. These tips can help:

  • Create a communications plan for ensuring that each staff member knows what their responsibility is at each step of the relocation.

  • Plan to relocate at a time of year when your company's services are not in high demand. This will make it easier for your staff to keep up with the workload without falling behind.

  • Assign certain people in charge of specific roles in the relocation. Know who is in charge of finding the movers, getting boxes packed, and organizing office efforts.

2. Keep Up Morale

Morale is so important for productivity, especially during an office relocation. Have a plan for keeping up morale among workers. Focus on employee wellness, and charge your office wellness committee with creating their own strategy to help employees.

In addition, send out regular surveys to employees to find out what they're struggling with, whether that's stress from the relocation or pressure to keep up with deadlines. Find out what your employees find challenging so that you can help alleviate their concerns, shift around workloads if necessary, and give your employees the reassurance that they need.

3. Communicate with Customers

Communicate with your clients during this time to ensure they know that the relocation is coming up. Make the lives of your staff easier by encouraging clients to place their orders ahead of time.

If necessary, let customers know that the relocation may impact the availability of goods or services, so your customers will be more understanding of the strain on your workers. In addition, communicating with customers will prevent them from contacting staff, which will help your team focus their attention on the work at hand.

4. Set Aside Time for Packing

All of your staff members will need time to pack their items, whether documentation, office equipment, or even their personal items. The more time you give to staff for packing, the easier it will be for them to declutter their cubicles and reduce the amount of stuff that needs to be moved from one office to another. This will be good for your staff and your business because decluttering before relocation can help save money and reduce workload during the relocation itself.

When your staff arrives at their new work location, they'll need more time for unpacking. Give them this time! Set aside time every day to allow staff to unpack and organize their things, so they can work productively when the time comes to get ordinary office tasks done.

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