Peer Out Of Your Office Door, Whats Your Secretary Doing Right Now? If You Answered Surfing The Internet, Taking A Nap, Or Reading A Magazine, Its Time To Rethink Where Your Money Is Going. In An Ideal Situation, A Secretary Would Be Paid For The Work They Accomplish And Not For Watching The Clock. If Is My Theory That Small Businesses Can Save Money By Hiring A Secretary Part Time To Manage Office Business And Utilizing An Answering Service To Manage The Phones.Lets Analyze This Theory From Purely A Mathematical Point Of View Using 6 Variables A, B, C, D, E, F. 1. Variable A: Secretary Gets Paid 12.00 Per Hour. 2. Variable B: Secretary Works 8 Hours Per Day. 3. Variable C: Secretary Spends 40 Of Work Day Managing Office Work. 4. Variable D: Secretary Spends 30 Of Work Day Managing Inbound Phone Calls5. Variable E: Secretary Spends 12 Of Work Day On Lunch6. Variable F: Secretary Spends 18 Of Work Day Remaining UnproductiveBased On These Variables, Your Secretary Gets Paid 96.00 A Day. With This Figure Broken Down, They Get Paid 38.40 Per Day Managing Office Work, 28.80 Per Day Managing Inbound Phone Calls, 12.00 For Eating Lunch (provided Lunch Is Paid), And 17.28 Per Day For Doing Nothing. For The Purposes Of Proving This Theory, Lets Analyze The Variables Based On A 1 Month Block (22 Business Days), Secretaries Will Earn 844.80 For Managing Office Work, 633.60 For Managing Inbound Phone Calls, 264 For Lunch, And 380.16 For Remaining Unproductive. So, If Only 3.2 Hours Per Day Are Spent Managing Office Business, It Doesnt Make Sense For Business Owners To Hire A Secretary For An Entire Day When Most Of Their Duties Can Be Outsourced To A Call Center. Accounting For Free Time (i.e. Coffee Breaks, Cigarette Breaks, Bathroom Time, Etc.) Lets Round Up The 3.2 Hour Figure To 4 Hours (48.00 Per Day - 1056 Per Month). Also, Lets Take 250.00 As An Average Market Price For Utilizing An Answering Service For A One Month Period. Also, Take Into Account That With A Part Time Employee (i.e. Less Than 4 Hours Per Day), A Lunch Break Is Not Required.Its Time For The Grand Totals You Have Been Waiting For. - Case A: Using A Secretary For Every Office Duty Costs A Business Owner 2112 Per Month. - Case B: Utilizing A Secretary Part Time While Outsourcing Phone Management Duties To An Answering Service Costs A Business Owner 1306.00 Per Month. Based On These Figures, Utilizing An Answering Service Can Save A Business Owner 816.00 Per Month (9792.00 Per Year). Keep In Mind That This Figure Does Not Include The Increase In Business By Having An After Hours, 247 Live Operator Presence Managing Your Calls. A Live Operator Will Strengthen Customer Relationships And Project The Image Of A Larger, More Secure Dependable Business To Your Customers ( Potential Customers). I Suppose The Title Of This Article Should Have Been Dont Fire Your Secretary, Just Cut Their Hours.
