The unifying aspect of natural disasters is their unpredictability. Hurricanes, tornadoes, and most severe weather events provide limited warning, while man-made disasters are even less foreseeable. This puts pressure on organizations and response teams to react swiftly, deploying personnel to crisis zones and assisting in situations that overwhelm local response capabilities.
The Catch-22 of disaster cleanup
The “Catch-22” of disaster staffing is that most of the local general labor pool in the affected area is already engaged in the recovery process, leaving few able-bodied individuals available for rescue, cleanup, and restoration work. With limited local help, most contractors, agencies, rescue organizations, and waste management companies need new sources of reliable labor to fill the gap. This problem is particularly acute in rural areas with already limited available labor pools.
One Source has anticipated this systemic lack of manpower, which is why we developed our travel crews. They can provide temporary labor support virtually anywhere in the continental United States within 24 hours. Staffed with dependable, work-savvy individuals who arrive on time at the job site, ready to engage and complete assigned tasks, our workers are dedicated to your assignment until it’s finished.
We take up the slack
Beyond taking up the slack during natural and manmade disasters, our travel teams routinely step in to provide practiced workers in super competitive, high-wage markets, or worksites in small town and rural areas – places where a lack of general labor help can cause critical project delays.
When you hire a One Source travel crew, you are assured a no-hassle outcome. We locate, vet, and qualify the travel team members, and take care of all their transportation needs, both travel to and from the area and daily transport to and from the worksite. We also handle nearby lodging, so that your team arrives on the worksite rested, and ready to get to work.
Our teams are covered by great benefits, including holidays, vacation time, retirement plans and other valued perks, which is one reason One Source enjoys such good employee retention and loyalty levels. Those levels of retention translate into strong consistency and exceptional quality on the jobsite.
Contact us to learn more about our travel teams and how One Source can deliver the talent you need anywhere in the continental United States when you need it.
