Key takeaways
- Assign one owner per department, not one owner per move
- IT moves first and gets tested before anyone else arrives
- Label by destination desk, never by origin desk
Name a lead per department
A single move coordinator becomes a bottleneck by day two. Give each department one person who owns their own packing, labeling, and unpacking.
Move IT a day early
Network, printers, and phones should be live and tested before the first desk arrives. A team sitting in a new office with no wifi is the most expensive hour of the whole project.
Label for where it is going
Writing the old desk number on a bin helps nobody. Label with the new floor, zone, and desk so bins can be distributed without a single question.
- Floor and zone on the long side of the bin
- Department color on the lid
- Personal bins limited to one per employee
Plan the first morning back
Order coffee, print a floor map, and post it at the entrance. The first hour sets the tone for how the whole move is remembered.
Priya Raman
Commercial Accounts
Priya has helped hundreds of households and offices in Denver, CO move with reusable bins, and writes about what actually works on the day.
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