Virtual Business Experts Bring Joy Into Business Amidst Covid Stress

OCTOBER 22nd, 2020

A new business initiative, The Joyful Office has been launched by virtual office experts Sorcha Rogers and Bren Bangalao to combat business stress amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and bring the joy back into work.

Research shows that the Coronavirus crisis has led to 71% of business owners suffering from stress. 80% of businesses fail during their first year, with the top three causes of stress identified as: juggling work-life balance, time pressures and staying on top of admin.

People are 500 times more productive if they focus on doing what they enjoy.

With industries turned upside down by the pandemic and a boom in virtual working, corporate events specialist, Sorcha Rogers saw the need to offer struggling companies a lifeline. Along with admin aficionado Bren Bangalao, they’ve created The Joyful Office a new virtual back office service run – as she puts it, ‘by humans.’

“Covid has turned industries upside down and like many business owners, I have had to reassess what I’m doing,” says Sorcha. “Having always run a virtual back office and investing as much time and creative energy into making this aspect of my business as wonderful as my shows, I’ve realised that virtual back office support is of great value to others right now. So I've decided to reach out and help business owners find a joyful, cost effective and fair way to operate in this ‘new normal. I’m passionate about bringing joy back into business to help enterprises become more sustainable and survive for the future. My creative expertise, combined with Bren’s admin acumen makes us a stellar team. I like to say, I bring the joy and Bren does the office!”

2020 has seen an unprecedented rise in virtual working and businesses going digital with 90% of workers saying they could do their jobs remotely. Finding quality virtual support though can be challenging and so aside from plugging an all-important gap in the market, The Joyful Office also operates on a fair pay model, working with vetted, talented back office experts in the Philippines.

“Based in the Philippines, I’ve been working in virtual admin for years,” says Bren Bangalao. “Business owners get so caught up stressing about the back office, that they can’t focus on that all important bigger picture and why they started a company in the first place. I’ve been running Sorcha’s back office for the last 5 years and when the pandemic hit, it became clear that businesses needed reliable and affordable virtual office support. Over the last 10 years, I’ve grown a network of trusted experts, who deliver. At The Joyful Office, we’ve developed a fair pay model, that puts ‘humans’ first -- a win-win for both businesses and admins. If The Joyful Office means that more businesses make it through Covid by having affordable, virtual back offices they can depend on, and talented admins can find fairly paid work that they love, then job done!”

For interviews and more information on The Joyful Office and how a virtual back office can reduce stress and help businesses survive the crisis contact: sorcha@thejoyfuloffice.com https://www.sorchaproductions.com/the-joyful-office/


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