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family-ownership has a prominent impact on our working culture . One of our employees has just celebrated his 50th anniversary here , which means he literally knew my grandfather before I did ! There are so many family links within our teams , between dads , uncles , brothers , cousins , and sisters , and it really shows . They say you spend more time with your colleagues than you do your relatives , but not if you work here .”
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Unfortunately , no working culture has been safe from the ongoing issues the manufacturing world has been suffering from following the pandemic . However , Kiley reassures us that Eck Industries ’ innovative approach to automation has always been there to support the company ’ s human teams , rather than being in competition with them .
“ We started the automation process years ago , way before the labor shortages had begun ,” she explains . “ So I ’ d love to say my crystal ball told me so , but it ’ s actually just a lucky coincidence for us . We have never intended to replace any of our employees with robots , their implementation is to simply make people ’ s lives easier . Another benefit of introducing robotics has been the repeatability of certain mundane tasks , in which case , we ’ ve generally been able to reposition any affected employees elsewhere in the business .
“ The way we see it , if you ’ re not growing and progressing , you ’ re dying . So , looking forward , we ’ re aiming to keep on developing Eck Industries as much as possible . We ’ re incredibly diverse , which has always been one of our clear selling points , and something that we will certainly maintain . However ,
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