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The five-by-seven-metre ring was a fun feature, but it chewed up a significant portion of the 55,000 square feet the company owned between its two Ottawa offices. And space was becoming an issue for the quickly growing software-as-a-service startup, which collects, manages and reports supply-chain data for businesses. They had grown to nearly 700 employees since their beginning in 2010, and felt like they had no choice but to give up their two offices and seek out a new, bigger location.
“We realized what was important to office members: having the choice to come in or not, safety, and maintaining the right connection with team members.” seat booking software will show which colleagues plan to go into the office on a given day and where they will be sitting, to promote collaboration within teams.
“We want people to be able to ease back into new styles of working as we understand that jumping right back in may be a challenge for some.” “You can work in many different places even in the office,” she said. “It’s not like you’re tied to a desk somewhere.”