Plan your post COVID 19 office layout using Google Drawings

It is looking likely that your team will soon be able to return to work, the option is now visible on the horizon and is getting closer by the day. Now is an ideal time for you to start planning that return.

If you start now, you will have a much more successful return to your office with much less anxiety. Many businesses won't take this time to start planning. Instead, they will find themselves struggling to make their offices safe for their workforce.

Using Google Drawings included with G Suite, you should make a map of your office. Where everyone currently sits, any break out areas, you may have, kitchens, conference rooms and more.

Then in Google Drawings, you'll need to make another map. With this second map, you will take into account social distancing within your office layout. And where possible making sure there is enough empty room between your team members to reduce the chances of COVID 19 spreading from one to another.

It may be the case your offices are simply too small to allow for adequate space between your team members. In these cases, you should continue to enable team members to work from home, so you can free up space in your office for team members that have to be in the office to do their work.

If your team has been struggling to work from home over the lockdown, due to the technology not working, you may be wary of taking this route. In that case, you should also take this time to upgrade your IT. It is very likely COVID 19 will be a feature of the future for a while to come and more lockdowns will take place - so investing in your IT now is paramount.

Kimbley IT can help you move to an IT solution that won't break the bank and will allow your team to seamless work from the office or home.