Innovative Solution to Employee Disengagement: SteelSTORED Shipping Containers

It's getting to be a familiar story: the ongoing falloff in worker engagement. Gallup documents that only 32% of employees are fully engaged.  



Well, SteelSTORED's Michael McGurk has a novel solution for that. At least for the construction industry. That's bringing shipping containers on-site. In the process, shipping containers used during construction projects also can boost profit margins. After all, engaged workers are more productive ones.

In this article, McGurk, who provides end-to-end shipping container solutions, explains how even small things can make employees feel good about themselves and therefore their labor and their employer. For example, how about providing a classy clean warm or air-conditioned restroom - instead of one of those awful outdoor "potties?"

It's easy and it's cost-efficient to retrofit a shipping container for that. Here is McGurk's backgrounder on the shipping container for hygiene. That investment will keep paying out. That's because shipping containers are portable. They can be transported to the next construction site by way of truck, train, or water. 

Then there are the big bangs for workers that shipping containers bring. For instance, inventory management becomes more accurate and less stressful for employees. All the equipment and materials can be stored and protected from theft in one place - a secure shipping container. Since the container is mobile, there is no need to unpack and repay. ST Magazine saluted McGurk for his expertise in inventory management. 

In a short time, shipping containers have become Swiss Knives for business. That extends beyond the construction industry. Shipping containers have been transformed into mobile pop-up stores, gyms, above-ground pools, tiny houses, warehouses, transportable storage units, and more. 

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