--- title: 5 Ways Hosted VoIP Makes Employees More Efficient description: Hosted VoIP can help make employees more efficient through a variety of different ways! 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We'll send you updates once a month. **Menu** ** ** [![Get Demo](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/468097/48d526f3-8bfa-4ea3-9e1e-8b8b59046794.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/468097/48d526f3-8bfa-4ea3-9e1e-8b8b59046794) [![Contact Us](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/468097/0de441db-f9fd-4d66-9809-384192c56348.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/468097/0de441db-f9fd-4d66-9809-384192c56348) ![](https://blog.votacall.com/hubfs/Stock%20images/Head%20of%20department%20standing%20and%20talking%20to%20smiling%20young%20employees%20in%20office-868698-edited.jpeg) # 5 Ways Hosted VoIP Makes Employees More Efficient Written by [Ed Lennon](https://blog.votacall.com/author/ed-lennon) March 6, 2017 ![hosted VoIP helps employee efficiency](https://blog.votacall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stock%20images/Head%20of%20department%20standing%20and%20talking%20to%20smiling%20young%20employees%20in%20office-868698-edited.jpeg?width=300&name=Head%20of%20department%20standing%20and%20talking%20to%20smiling%20young%20employees%20in%20office-868698-edited.jpeg "hosted VoIP helps employee efficiency")Regardless of size or sector, all businesses strive to boost employee efficiency. Indeed, as noted by **[Inc](http://www.inc.com/john-boitnott/6-effective-ways-to-enhance-workplace-productivity.html).** “the need to ensure and enhance employee productivity is a reality no business can ignore.” The good news is that a hosted VoIP phone system is an easy and highly affordable way for any business -- from small virtual operations to large enterprises -- to measurably improve employee efficiency, and ultimately take productivity and profits to the next level. Below, we highlight the 5 key reasons how **[hosted VoIP](https://www.votacall.com/equipment/voip-phones/polycom-phones)** makes a major difference: ### **1. Rapidly Add Extensions for New Hires** With a hosted VoIP phone system, new hires and temporary workers can get their own unique extension, and receive/send calls via their smartphone literally within minutes of joining the team.   ### **2. Reduce Email and Social Media** When email and social media first made their way onto the work landscape, they were hailed as gifts from the “employee efficiency gods.” Unfortunately, in many environments this blessing has turned into something of a curse, as employees are overloaded with pings, posts and tweets. A hosted VoIP phone system dramatically streamlines internal communications by giving employees a single, centralized channel to connect in real-time. No, it will not eliminate email and social media, but it will certainly make things far more efficient! ### **3. Enhanced Features** Hosted VoIP phone systems feature a suite of advanced productivity tools that substantially improve employee efficiency, as well as employee engagement. These advanced features include: voicemail-to-email, voicemail-to-text, one-number-service, direct-in-dial, video conferencing, call screening, do-not-disturb, and more. ### **4. Supports Distributed Teams** Whether they are occasionally away from the office, or spend far more time away from their desk than sitting at it, a hosted VoIP phone system turns every employee into a mobile warrior. Employees simply install a mobile app on their smartphone and use all of the system’s features, or send/receive calls through their desktop browser (“smartphone”). ### **5. Built-in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity** Last but not least: during a power outage caused by anything from a routine brownout to a major disaster, businesses that use a conventional (landline) phone system often find themselves “off the grid” – and employee efficiency grinds to a halt. However, a VoIP phone system features built-in disaster recovery to ensure business continuity, even during a power outage. Calls can be forwarded to other locations unaffected by the problem, or as noted above they can be routed to smartphones. ### **Learn More** To learn more about how hosted VoIP makes employees more efficiency -- and helps businesses increase productivity, performance and profitability -- **[contact the Votacall team](https://www.votacall.com/contact-us)** today. Your consultation with us is free. 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