10/02/2026
Most warehouses recruit reactively: a worker quits, a shift opens, and the scramble begins.
By the time the role is filled, weeks of overtime and a burned-out team have already piled up. The benchmark time-to-fill is around 42 days, and 42% of employers say a single unfilled position costs them more than $500 a day.
The fix is not recruiting harder in the moment. It is building a pipeline: a warm bench of screened candidates you keep flowing all the time, so filling a shift becomes routine instead of a fire drill. The best pipeline you already have?
Your strong past applicants and last season’s standout temps.
Do you hire from a bench, or start from zero every time?
