 CoWorx, a staffing agency that has been largely focused on the East Coast, opened in Tucson in August this year and currently has over 300 employees. Currently, it provides staffing for a large Technology Center called Synchronoss Technologies. Heather Brown, the Onsite Manager, has already begun to tackle the transportation challenges to help her employees. With issues such as agents not having their own car or reliable transportation, transit service that does not operate during all business hours and employee schedules that fluctuate every few months, Heather is doing her part. She invited TRP representatives to CoWorx twice in December to talk to employees and discuss alternative modes of transportation. Interested employees were able to sign up onsite through the Sun Rideshare website. She offered a $25 gas card raffle to those volunteering to “give a ride.” CoWorx already provides bike racks in the parking lot, printed materials and is working on other incentives to help employees with their transportation needs.
Heather has chosen to be actively involved and will serve on the TRP Task Force. “I joined the Task Force as a way to tackle head-on one of the largest challenges our employees face. My team and I hear on a daily basis what a struggle any of these agents have trying to coordinate transportation to and from work on a fluctuating schedule. While on the TRP Task Force, I hope to be able to bring fresh ideas and solutions to the table. It also provides an opportunity
to better train my onsite team to go above and beyond to help our associates find transportation to and from work, while reducing the impact it has on our environment.”
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