Is your company based in the metro San Diego area?
Have you thought of expanding your hiring pool?
If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we can think even further beyond the box than we originally thought. And if you’re based in San Diego, you might realize that you can think even farther than the metro area than you thought — like, all the way to Temecula!
Prior to the pandemic, commute times were a significant factor in who you could hire. But you’ve quickly adapted to restrictions, safety protocols, and even new ways of marketing and customer service. There’s no reason you can’t change things up a bit when it comes to who you hire — and where they live.
Solving the Commute Problem
When you put out your job posting, you might only be looking for people who live in the San Diego metro area. After all, travel between Temecula and San Diego during traffic can take up to two hours! That’s not a great work-life balance for your employees.
But now that you know your employees can manage more aspects of your business remotely, it’s time to expand the borders of your search. If you hire someone from Temecula, you don’t have to worry they’ll tire of the commute and find a new job closer to home. Instead, consider renting out a shared workspace in Temecula. Your employee can leave the distractions of their home. They can work in a professional office setting, but they don’t have to spend two hours getting there.
This will translate to a happier employee, and happier employees are better for your bottom line. Organizations thrive
when their employees are happy, as employees are more productive and feel valued.
Save Money
The cost of living in Temecula is significantly lower than in San Diego, with Temecula-ites enjoying lower costs in housing and utilities. With smaller mortgages to pay, people in Temecula aren’t as pressed for higher salaries as those in San Diego. Expanding your hiring pool to Temecula may give you the luxury of offering slightly lower salaries — which will help your company save money.
Even if you rent a coworking space for your employees in Temecula, you could still come out ahead. It’s worth looking into. At Coworking Connection, we rented space to a company that hired someone in Temecula who didn’t want to commute. They were able to pay that person $20,000 less than if the person worked at their office in San Diego. That helped the company, but it also helped the employee because the employee didn’t want to commute. They were willing — and able — to take a lower salary so they could work closer to home.
And remember — the quality of your employees’ lives affect their productivity when they’re on the clock for you.
Improve Productivity
We’ve all learned that working from home isn’t necessarily the best option for everyone. For many, an office environment is still key to heightened productivity. An office environment removes home distractions, sets the brain to focus mode, and gives employees motivation as they’re around the productive buzz of other workers.
But an office environment doesn’t have to be your own office building. Coworking spaces, or turnkey workspaces, can often provide the same — or better — level of productivity, but without the same overhead of renting your own office building. With coworking spaces, it’s easy to let your employees work in the right environment, but you don’t necessarily have to have them in your faraway San Diego office.
It’s Time to Reevaluate — Consider Coworking Solutions in Temecula
This time has been a hard reset, whether we wanted it or not. It’s time to take a look at your operations with fresh eyes,
and determine if your current procedures are working. Can you get similar — or better — results in new ways? What about saving money, improving your employees’ productivity, and increasing employee satisfaction by hiring outside the metro San Diego area? Can you company thrive if employees have the freedom to work closer to home?
This is a chance to start fresh and do things differently. If coworking spaces feature into your fresh start, give Coworking Connection a call at 1-800-762-1391 to discuss your future coworking solutions in Temecula