Let's play a little quiz. When do you think staff sick leave peaks In the winter months when everyone has flu January, when everyone is exhausted from Christmas and New Year partying
Wrong on both counts. According to Breathe HR, July is the top month for workers to call in sick, closely followed by August and June. In fact, there's almost twice as much sick leave taken in July than there is in December.
We know that many letting agents and property managers run a tight ship and that extends to staff numbers. One person off sick might not cause too much drama but if a couple of property managers come down with food poising from a dodgy BBQ, or your administrator gets sun stroke at the same time as the other administrator is on annual leave, your team might be stretched to crisis point.
Rather than wait for that situation to happen (and, incidentally, the most popular day to call in sick is Tuesday) business owners can manage workloads, grant annual leave without being overstretched and cover sick leave by outsourcing some or all of their property management.
Dave Hunt, the Business Development Director at ARPM Outsourced Lettings Support, says there are few property businesses that operate with the luxury of 'floating' staff who can plug gaps left by absentees: "It's unfortunate that the peak in staff sickness dovetails with popular months for annual leave and the school holidays. Many managers will be exposed to understaffing this summer but outsourcing can address that issue. Think of us as an extension to your team but our scale means we're never impacted by illness or absence."
ARPM Outsourced Lettings Support offers pre-tenancy administration and rent collection as stand-alone services, as well as a full property management option that also encompasses property maintenance. Each solution offered by ARPM Outsourced Lettings Support can be supplied as a white label product, bearing your company name and logo.
If you'd like to discover the benefits of outsourcing to ARPM Outsourced Lettings Support this summer, contact us today for a no-obligation consultation.
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