Has Covid-19 Brought About Any Advantages For Businesses?

12/22/20

There are a lot of terrible things about covid-19 that we are all having to live with, and it is clear that businesses have been affected in many negative ways by the strange and rare events of 2020. But is it all bad, or are there actually some benefits that businesses might be experiencing, or set to experience, as a result of some of the knock-on effects of lockdown measures and so forth? In this post, we are going to discuss some of the advantages and improvements that might have been hastened due to covid, and see how you can make use of these to make the future brighter for your own business.



Attracting & Retaining Staff

You should know that it is always important to be able to attract and retain high-quality staff. The more you have high-quality staff on board, the more likely it is that you can achieve everything you want to in business, which is definitely something that we are all concerned with. And there is actually one way in which covid-19 has helped businesses to be able to attract and retain better and more staff: through the improvements in benefits.

Covid-19 has arguably completely altered the benefits landscape for the better in many places, as both employees and employers recognise the value and importance of the kind of coverage that really protects employees, and all of their families. If your business can respond in this way and provide those kinds of benefits to your staff, you are going to find that hanging on to them, and bringing in better employees as well, are both going to be a lot easier and simpler.

Changing Expectations

It used to be that businesses operated in a way which was generally positively expectant about the future. It is often thought that this kind of philosophy is one that bodes well in trying to maintain a business as healthy as possible, and that has often been the case. But when the future is so uncertain, it means that there has to be change in expectations, and this is certainly something that has been happening for businesses everywhere this year.

How does this translate as a benefit for business? It’s simple: by having a healthier and more realistic approach to expectations, goals are achieved sooner and easier. This improves morale in the workplace, keeps things grinding along nicely, and ensures that the business’ wheels are nicely oiled.



The Financial Boon Of Remote Working

Most businesses had to transition to a more remote way of working this year. Whether your business went completely remote, or you had a kind of halfway response to the pandemic, you will probably have noticed some of the benefits that came from this kind of structure. In fact, many businesses are already talking about continuing on with this level of remote working even after the pandemic is over - and with good reason.

The main benefit of remote working is that you can reduce your expenditures considerably. Just think about it: all those people at home using their own computers, their own electricity, rather than the office’s. If you have a completely remote team, with no office at all, then you can even save money on a physical address altogether. That newfound capital can then be diverted into product development, marketing, IT support, or whatever else you might need help with.

Cloud Usage

A lot of business owners are probably almost sick to death of hearing about the cloud, which only shows just how ubiquitous it has become. In fact, it’s a simpler technology - all it means is that you are making use of someone else’s server rather than your own. But through a clever combination of different cloud server products, it is possible to share data and information faster than ever, without much of a sacrifice on security.




This year, covid-19 has driven even more businesses to use the cloud, and to therefore enjoy the many benefits that come from doing so. If your business has not already made this switch, this might be one thing you want to mark down for your company’s new year resolutions.

Skill Development

One thing you have to say about a crisis is that it tends to spark a lot of innovation. One area where you see this very clearly is in how you and your colleagues work, and specifically in the development of a whole range of skills. Simply put, having to respond to the constantly changing elements of a global catastrophe means that you inevitably develop a lot of skills that might have otherwise laid dormant forever. That means your leaders are better leaders, your coders better coders, and your marketers are better marketers. The number of ways in which this helps to boost your business into the future are incalculable.



Improved Health & Safety Measures

Clearly, there is nothing like a global pandemic to make it clear just how important health and safety measures are in the workplace. If your business is like most others out there, you have probably had to significantly improve your health and safety procedures, and although at first it might have been frustrating, there are evidently some great benefits to doing so. The most important and obvious, of course, is that your employees will stay safer and healthier, keep their families safe and healthy, and be able to carry on working for you at full capacity much more of the time.

Beyond covid, you might not necessarily need to keep social distance and wearing masks, but that doesn’t mean you should do away with all of the lessons about personal hygiene altogether. It’s probably going to be fashionable to continue sanitizing hands in offices all over the world, and this could be something you want to keep on board too.

These are just some of the advantages for businesses that covid-19 has brought about. Although it’s been a terrible year, there is always something good to come out of the darkness, as these examples show.