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What we’re seeing within the logistics category has changed, but the category itself remains a hot topic. Read more to take a deeper dive into what drivers have to say about the impact of logistics in their day-to-day routines, both now and overall.

WorkHound, a real-time feedback platform for frontline workforces, announced today their expansion into the healthcare sector. Founded in 2015, the software company has spent the past half-decade strengthening worker retention efforts across essential American industries like trucking. Leveraging that success, WorkHound’s healthcare entrance will initially be focused on home health and long-term care facilities (LTCF). 

WorkHound’s CEO, Max Farrell, hosted Nick Wakefield, VP of Human Resources, Driver Recruiting & Retention, and Charles Stallings, Jr., aka the Turntable Trucker, who Farrell rode alongside in his truck cab from Des Moines, Iowa to LA in 2015.  We’re sharing the questions and answers from real viewers of last week’s live discussion. 

Everything is changing. As the world is different now than it was two months ago, WorkHound and the carriers we work with are looking ahead to understand how the trucking industry will continue to change.

Throughout April, WorkHound received 3,297 comments from professional truck drivers. 750 of these comments explicitly referenced Coronavirus, representing nearly 23% of all comments. This is an increase of almost 9% compared to March data, while total comment volume remained stable.

Drivers have shared tons of feedback about what their companies could do to alleviate their concerns and make them feel protected and valued.

In the first half of April, comments focused on the virus represented more than 27% of the 1,791 comments received through 4/15/20. This analysis examines those 485 units of driver feedback related to COVID-19, and is WorkHound's third analysis on this topic.

At their heart, Storey Trucking is a family-owned business with over 50 years of industry success. Like many WorkHound customers, they operate with a very high level of respect and compassion for their staff and drivers, and this has resulted in decades of loyalty from many employees.

We’re living in uncertain times right now, and everything can feel unsteady, both in our personal lives and in our work. Truck drivers face an even more challenging situation — on the road and at work as essential employees.

In a continued report about driver feedback amidst COVID-19, our team of experts has dissected this analysis from WorkHound driver communications.