Business has traditionally always required premises, staff and inventory. It needed various departments including Finance, Human Resources, Facilities and Sales as well as many others.
It needed it’s staff at the same place at the same time with all of the supporting departments working together. The various overheads like rent, wages, marketing, purchasing and production all had to be generated through the Company’s profits meaning most Businesses have to work hard simply to cover their costs.
Since the advent of the Internet many Businesses have changed they way they operate. Well known names like Amazon, Ebay and Shutterfly are companies which have become hugely successful by moving away from these standard practises.
By offering customers products and services through the internet, without the same overheads as associated with normal ‘brick & mortar’ companies they have been able to create vastly improved profits and revenues than their more traditional competitors.
Where stress and sickness has become a common complaint amongst staff in many Companies. This added pressure on staff is compounded further by increasingly stressful commutes as transport companies have been making similar cutbacks whilst being forced to increase ticket prices. This inevitably has had a knock on effect on people’s home lives.
No job is safe and many people live with this knowledge on a daily basis. People are having to spend more time at work as workloads have increased causing issues with relationships and childcare as well as the mounting pressures of increasing rent and household costs causing a strain on many families. ‘The old ways of working’ just don’t seem to work any more…... Find Out More
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