Fire Your Secretary
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Rethink Your Secretary Staffing
Summary:
Explore how small businesses can save by hiring a part-time secretary and outsourcing call management to an answering service.Save with an Answering Service
Take a moment to look outside your office. What is your secretary doing? If the answer involves non-work activities, it might be time to reconsider your spending. Ideally, payment should match productivity. Many small businesses could benefit financially by employing a part-time secretary and outsourcing call handling to an answering service.
A Cost Analysis
Let's break it down using some simple math with six variables:
1. Variable A: Secretary pay rate = $12.00/hour
2. Variable B: Work hours = 8/day
3. Variable C: Office management = 40% of the day
4. Variable D: Call management = 30% of the day
5. Variable E: Lunch break = 12% of the day
6. Variable F: Unproductive time = 18% of the day
Currently, your secretary earns $96 daily. This includes $38.40 for office tasks, $28.80 for calls, $12.00 for lunch (paid), and $17.28 doing non-productive tasks. Over a month (22 business days), that adds up to: $844.80 for office work, $633.60 for calls, $264 for lunch, and $380.16 unproductive.
Analyzing Efficiency
If only 3.2 hours daily are needed for office tasks, there's no need for a full-time secretary. Outsource phone duties to improve efficiency. With a part-time secretary (fewer than 4 hours per day), no lunch break is needed. Assume $250 as the monthly cost for an answering service.
The Cost Comparison
- Case A: Full-time secretary for all tasks costs $2112/month.
- Case B: Part-time secretary and outsourced phone handling costs $1306/month.
Using an answering service can save $816 monthly, or $9792 annually. Plus, with a 24/7 live operator, customer relations improve, projecting a strong business image.
Perhaps the real takeaway should be: Optimize your office setup and boost your business savings.
You can find the original non-AI version of this article here: Fire Your Secretary.
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