We speak with manufacturing companies every day, and the pattern is familiar: employee engagement gets plenty of attention in the office, but far less where most people actually work. And yet the floor is where culture is felt, where safety happens, and where the company either gains or loses moment...

How can frontline employees use an engagement app when phones aren’t allowed on the production floor? Here are five practical tips that actually work: Use it before your shift starts Check updates, handovers, announcements, and today’s priorities while clocking in or getting ready. It only takes...

In many production environments, rising absence rates point to a bigger issue: people who no longer feel connected to their work. Gallup’s research shows that engaged employees are dramatically less likely to stay away from the job – and in a factory, even one missing team member can disrupt an ...

The problem isn’t hiring young people – it’s keeping them Manufacturing still attracts young talent. Curious, skilled, motivated people. They show up – but they don’t always stay. Why? It’s not the work. It’s how they’re led – and how (or if) they’re included. We talk about a new...

Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace: 2025 Report just dropped. Employee engagement is down. Again. Manager engagement is slipping too. And it matters. Managers are expected to deliver results, support people, navigate AI, labour shortages, new tech, shifting expectations – and still show up w...

Let’s skip the buzzwords. Engagement isn’t about posters in the canteen or a new mission statement. It’s about whether people actually feel connected to what they do – and who they do it for. Here’s our experience with what tends to work – and what doesn’t feel like just another HR...

EHS (Environment, Health & Safety) isn’t just about compliance – it’s about creating a safer, more inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and engaged.  Staffbeat makes managing EHS easy with an intuitive employee app that empowers employees to actively contribute, reducing ri...

Engaging the deskless workforce is no longer just a priority – it’s the key to driving innovation, retention, and productivity. At Staffbeat, we’ve collaborated with industry experts, analysed workforce insights, and drawn on our experiences in the manufacturing sector to highlight the top...

Manufacturing is at a crossroads. Labour shortages, increasing turnover, and retirements are adding significant pressure to the industry. Despite McKinsey telling us that Gen Z (born 1996–2010) has more interest in manufacturing than previous generations, we aren’t seeing them flood the job mark...