Virtual office: you’re ready but your boss isn’t
The technology that enables us shatter the archaic office structure exists. But old thinking dies hard, and that's what's holding things back, says Precious de Leon.
October 25, 2011 3:12 by Precious de Leon
…HR costs like healthcare and gratuity; as well as infrastructure costs like office space and equipment. In addition, for the employees-turned-contractors, they are able to handle as much or as little work they want, they are able to work on several other projects—and of course, they are their own boss.
What do you think? Is the virtual office something that we’ll ever see in the Middle East, where a lot of companies are still trying to grapple with the idea of a cloud server?
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