This is a question we get asked a lot!
You see, our accounting team of 6 people have been operating in a virtual space for the past 4 years.  This means we don't have a set office in a set location.  Each of our team works from their home office.

When we started this new way of working it was a bit scary but we had some great advice from the team at Xero and our IT advisors and this gave us confidence we could do it and do it well.

So 4 years on you may be interested in what we now know about it !

The Advantages:

We get to go to work without having to hit the Auckland traffic - the office is just down the hall!
We make use of modern technology - we use Skype for business a lot - we use it for team meetings and meetings with clients.
We use the Cloud for all our applications and file storage - no expensive and clunky servers any more.
For face to face client meetings - we get to stay out of the early morning and late afternoon traffic - it's great!
Our team have flexibility - if they have an unwell child at home from school, they can still do some work while looking after their child.

The Disadvantage:

Social interaction for the team - there are no conversations around the "water cooler" anymore - but we make up for this by booking in regular team meetings, on-line conversations, social events, dinners and conferences.

Summary:

We have proved to ourselves that it can work and that it works well.  So if you would like to know more about how this might work for you - give us a call - we would be happy to answer any questions.

Yvette Young - hard at work!