We’ve all seen the orange “U Haul” trucks… they’re all over America.
Did you know they have a huge telecommuting program?
Here’s what the company says about their program as seen on KTAR.com:
U-Haul’s John Ungerer is letting many employees work at home and said their reaction is “thrilled to death.” “All the internet questions and everything that come through the U-Haul system, they’ve been doing at home,” he said.
Including the roadside emergency calls.
“We’ve got a phone system we put together with it, to where we can see not only what the agents are doing on their screens, but also have the audio that goes with it.” The employees save on gas, insurance, food and childcare expenses. Telecommuting frees up office space and parking space at the U-Haul Towers.
Ungerer said telework gets a lot of interest from job seekers. “Probably, within a five-day period, I could have 300 to 500 applicants across the country.” He would highly recommend teleworking to other companies, saying it’s not as difficult to implement as one might think and employees are happier.
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