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Talent retention
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 , there ’ s still a couple of markets that we ’ re not playing in and we ’ re always open to acquiring like-minded enterprises to expand our geographical footprint .”
“ We ’ re currently reassessing our people side , to a certain degree ,” Tyler concludes . “ Now , more than ever , we ’ re looking at developing it further , to bolster what we can offer our loyal employees . Historically we ’ ve been blessed by intergenerational team members following in one another ’ s footsteps , but there ’ s been a shift in the employment market over the last five years . As a solution , we ’ re in the process of improving our talent retention by investing in more thorough training programs for our teams . That ’ s how you cultivate a long-standing , fulfilled workforce .” ■
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