We all know how challenging our labor market is and how difficult it can be to attract new talent for your warehouse, distribution, or manufacturing company. (If not, touch base with your HR team.) 

According to the American Staffing Association, turnover for temporary workers is 386%. In the last five years, average tenure has dropped by 40%.

Wage pressure is being applied at every level. Amazon’s announcement of a $15.00/hour minimum wage gained the most attention, but they’re not alone. Walmart has an $11.00/hour minimum, Costco is at $14.00/hour, and Target has announced plans to raise its minimum to $15.00/hour by 2020. Yes, wages are going up everywhere.

The backlog is weighing on you.

Staffing your operation is an ongoing challenge.

We’ve worked with dozens of clients over the last ten-plus years and there's one thing every one of them had in common – they knew they couldn’t consistently meet the budget they wanted to hit by doing things the way they had always done them.

Business is booming. You’ve got more orders to fill than staff to do the work. So, the request goes out to the temp agency for more people. But when that temp shows up over the next few days, are they ready to work?

You need some more help. In the warehouse or on the line. And unemployment is the lowest we've seen in 10 years. Hiring in this environment is hard. Wages are going up, and that can kill your budget. And turnover is high because right down the street they are paying more than you are.

So, you're in a tight spot. Pay more to keep your workers or let them leave and deal with constant turnover. Are those your choices? Pay more and more, pushing your costs higher and higher? Or pay less, and get less… reliability, work ethic, performance.

What to do? At Insource we have a solution to the box you're in. We reward good performance with incentive pay that is 100% funded by Insource. Bonus pay that goes into your worker's pocket without coming out of yours. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Let us show you.

That’s what it feels like, right? You hire a temp agency to supply you with labor and now you have to pull your best people off the job to train the temps how to get the work done. So instead of the temp agency positively impacting your productivity, they’ve created a new problem.

Growth is good, right? More orders, more volume, more activity, and if it’s all done right - more profit.