Buying a Business Phone System
As office manager for a small insurance, one of the tasks I do is purchase. This usually stop at a local office markets for pens, paper clips, printer paper, ink and toner. In other words, I really do not know with a high degree responsible, important decisions when it comes to the purchase. In fact, we have one of the secretaries, have to do it. Unfortunately, when he retired, the responsibility falls on me. So I was somewhat surprised when the word comes from the higher ups that I have the responsibility for selecting a new telephone business systems. At first I was a little surprised that they actually provide me with the budget available and gave me carte blanche freedom to actually go and something at the top is reached on the scale of interest.
Then it occurred to me that the reason they were putting me in charge of such an important facet of our company’s success (after all, we are a catalog retailer), was that I would be in charge of learning how to use the new business phone system and training the rest of our staff. With that thought in mind, I was determined to find a system that would be easy to learn, easy to train on and easy on my company’s budget. After doing some research and some considerable shopping around, I was able to find a business phone system that was expandable in case we ever needed to add more phones or more lines.
This system was simplicity personified and as the wholesaler explained to me how to set up the phone, I knew it would be easy to train others on. Best of all, I came in way under budget, which I know impressed the powers that be. I was complimented on handling the purchasing of the new business phone system several times, which makes me think they have a new appreciation for my abilities. That could lead to more money for me… but somehow I know it will probably just lead to more responsibility.