The measures announced on Saturday, March 14th by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe are clear: the closure of all bars, restaurants, cafes, and nightclubs, as well as the ban on any gathering of more than 100 people, are forcing companies to limit the number of people present in their workplace.
Remote working is super common these days, and it brings up a lot of questions: Why choose to work this way? What's the secret to getting work done from home? But on a bigger scale, current events are opening up a more ambitious discussion: Wouldn't it be more useful and better to work from home for good?
This question is especially relevant for entrepreneurs looking to start or grow a business. Among the unexpected benefits of the current epidemic, remote collaboration technologies should experience significant growth.
Let's explore together everything you need to know to make the best use of remote work! Explanations.
Far beyond the current circumstances related to the Covid-19 epidemic, remote work is booming thanks to the rise of independent workers and new digital collaborative tools.
Overall, this new form of organization allows you to be more flexible, adapt your hours more easily to your family constraints, and enjoy greater independence. For women, this often makes it easier to balance their professional and family obligations.
The first step is to build a solid project by conducting a thorough market research. The goal is to understand the state of your offer and its suitability to the demand in the competitive landscape.
Next, the business plan should help the founder ask the right questions and serve as a real management tool.
This first step should be relatively short, but above all, crystal clear!
Start by presenting your market, how well your services fit the market, and your projected financial statements. This document also helps you understand your financing needs, the total amount of your expenses and income, and your break-even point.
Some activities are particularly well-suited to remote work, especially consulting jobs, those related to e-commerce, writers, translators, community managers, administrative staff, and other intellectual professions. For example, business coaches, consultants, accountants, administrative agents, etc., can easily work remotely. Except for court appearances, lawyers are also concerned, as are notaries, accountants, and professionals in the banking or insurance sectors.
It is possible to work from home as a freelancer or employee. In the latter case, it is supervised by your company. The employer is obliged to comply with the legislation relating to the legal working hours and must ensure that it is not, in any case, a practice of encroaching on the employee's free time.
The employer is also required to provide all the tools their employees need to do their job remotely (computer, keyboard, mouse, access to software, etc.).
If you're self-employed, you get total freedom in how you organize things. You just need to have properly created and registered your company.
Working from home also presents several pitfalls, starting with the risk of isolation and the gradual loss of social relationships. This is a major drawback to avoid at all costs.
Also, you can't register your business at your home address for more than 5 years. After that, you have to rent commercial premises or use a business address service.
Many entrepreneurs choose this second solution for its simplicity, flexibility and very moderate cost.
With business address services, you benefit from a wide range of prestigious addresses located in the best districts of Paris or major French cities!
Business address providers also offer a bunch of essential services to make entrepreneurs' lives easier: daily mail management, telephone answering, meeting room rentals, administrative and legal support, and more.
With SeDomicilier, you can obtain a certificate of domiciliation in less than 5 minutes, in a 100% online process. All your services are then available in a personalized, secure virtual office.
Business domiciliation allows you to focus on the missions with the highest added value: those that drive the growth and success of your project!
Written by our expert Paul LASBARRERES-CANDAU
March 16, 2020
