The coronavirus or COVID-19 has an impact on business life in many areas. Your websites with us are not affected. Our support is also working at full strength. Raidboxes is well equipped for such crises - even beyond Corona & Co.

Raidboxes has been allowing its employees to work partially or even completely from home for some time now. While some companies are now frantically preparing the necessary infrastructure and working models for working from home, hardly anything is changing for us. See our tips on remote working for employees and companies.

Distributed working and virtual meetings have long been standard for us. That's why you're on the safe side: our support heroes are there for you as usual- thanks to working from home.

Our office is significantly emptier than usual - we take the health of our employees and their families very seriously. That's why everyone can currently work from home. The advantage of our industry is that many tasks can be done remotely.

We support freelancers and agencies

And yet we are one of the few web hosters who are so consistently committed to working from home. Many companies still take a critical view of remote working. Not so our management. This leap of faith is now paying off.

We are aware that not all companies, agencies and freelancers can work so smoothly in these difficult times. Many are suffering financial losses due to Corona. We want to support you: Are you using our FREE DEV program to host your projects with us for free during the development phase? If so, we can extend this phase if required - in an uncomplicated and unbureaucratic way. Simply contact our support team and we'll find a solution together.

An opportunity for the home office?

Big names such as IBM started working from home decades ago. But then development stagnated significantly - employees were ordered back again. The effects of COVID-19 are now ensuring that the discussion about remote working models is gaining significant momentum. In addition to coronavirus, there are many more reasons why some employees and companies are opting to work from home:

• The team cannot find suitable specialists on site or in the immediate vicinity.
• You deliberately want to work from home. Because you can concentrate better there or have more flexibility in terms of time, for example.
• This is the only way to balance your private and professional life. For example, if you have small children or a time-consuming commute to work.
• The company does not have a large local office; it is operated entirely remotely or from abroad.

Of course, not every job is suitable for the remote model. But especially in areas such as (online) marketing, software development, support or sales, most jobs can be done from home - provided everyone involved is a little creative. You can also find out more about this in our guide to remote work.

Cohesion is important

Corona is also shaking up the WordPress scene. Not least due to the cancellation of numerous WordCamps. A few days ago, the planned WordCamp Europe in Porto was hit. This is painful for everyone who is part of the community - including our employees. After all, physical exchange is an integral part of open source and WordPress.

But such meetings can be made up for. More importantly, we wish you and your loved ones the peace, strength and health you need in the coming weeks.

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