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Hiring a receptionist, or Workie, when the follow-up keeps slipping
A person answers the phone and reads the room; Workie does the written work behind that and sends nothing without your tap.
Where the two differ
Where they win, they get the tick.
| a receptionist |  Workie | |
|---|---|---|
| Answers the phone and greets whoever walks in | Yes | Nono phone line, and nobody in the room |
| Reads an upset customer and changes the plan on the spot | Yes | Nofollows what you taught it, and asks you when it is unsure |
| Knows your suppliers and your regulars by name | Yes | Noknows what you wrote down and what the team read |
| Works nights, weekends and the morning after a storm | Nothe hours you pay for | Yes |
| Keeps going while the person on the desk is away | Noholidays, sick days and a notice period | Yes |
| Starts on the day you pay | Noadvertising, interviews and a notice period first | Yes |
| Sends only what you approved | Noa person sends without asking, which is what you hired them for | Yes |
What a receptionist costs
A virtual assistant
$2,000 a month and up
hiring, managing and holidays; works the hours you pay for; answers when they are in
Read from https://tryworkie.com/pricing, checked 12 September 2026
Every figure here comes from the page linked beside it, read on 12 September 2026. Where that page carries no figure a reader can check, this one leaves it out.
Where a receptionist wins
- A person picks up the phone, reads the room and decides on the spot. Workie can do none of that.
- They learn your suppliers, your regulars and the jobs you take, and they carry it around without being told twice.
- Judgement is what you are hiring, and judgement is the thing an office of software does not have.
Where Workie wins
- The team works nights, weekends and the morning after a storm, at the price of a quiet week.
- Nothing goes out until you tap approve, so the words a customer reads are words you read first.
- It starts the day you pay, where a hire starts after the advertising, the interviews and the notice period.
- Every send leaves a receipt in the office: what went out, who it reached, what it moved.
Questions owners ask
No. A person answers the phone, reads a room and decides. Workie does the written work behind that and waits for your tap.
It is the anchor on our own price list, beside the plans, and it is our figure rather than a survey's. Wages where you are hiring are the number to check it against.
The team keeps working and the packet waits for your tap. Nothing sends while you are gone, and the digest at seven says what is waiting.
