What does Office Managed Remote Resource mean? A 2023 Guide

By now you must have heard of the term ‘freelancers’! Chances are that in the recent past you have explored the possibility of freelancing yourself, if you are a part of the workforce, or hiring freelancers, if you are an employer or business owner. If so, then your predilection must have been informed by news surrounding the emergent method of work, or simply by cultural stereotypes. The growing remote work market has brought in an influx of freelance professionals, especially since the ‘Great Resignation' of 2021, which refers to the significant disruption in America's labor force caused by the pandemic, leading to more than 47 million workers quitting their jobs.

However, upon closer examination, the phenomenon can be more accurately labeled 'The Great Reshuffle' because hiring rates have exceeded quit rates since November of 2020, indicating that many workers who quit are being rehired elsewhere. And based on findings by the US Chamber of Commerce, these are significantly facilitated by rising remote working options available, mainly, through the internet. One of those options, being freelancing, has also made employers aware of the cons of the same.

One of the major concerns businesses around the world have about hiring freelancers is their level of commitment to the projects as well as their ability of managing time efficiently. The cost benefits of hiring freelancers, however, as opposed to full-time equivalents, remain unmatched. So, in such a scenario, a unique issue presents itself, the business solution to which is- office managed or supervised remote resources. This abstraction basically subsumes the disadvantages of a freelancer and improves on it to combine it with the benefits of a traditional office work setup.

Office managed remote resources basically work from an on-site office setup with a designated manager supervising them to ensure uncompromised quality of work delivered from their end. Albeit they work for businesses remotely, saving them millions of dollars in establishment costs, money that can be used up in executing core business processes. Staffing agencies that provide such a setting usually make sure that all employee liabilities like payroll, medical insurance, HR requirements and so on, are absorbed by them.

That places the businesses that hire them at an advantageous position of having cost-effective remote employees, selected from a global pool of talent, tailored to fit their exact skillset requirements, that work just like in-house full-time equivalents, without having to deal with the logistics. What we mean by logistics is the part about supervising them, providing them with office supplies, etc. And if businesses hire them through staffing agencies they generally do not have to worry about time, money, and energy being wasted in looking for suitable candidates, onboarding and training them, too.