The newly built e-trading book in Kungsängen outside Stockholm is the modern. Despite the fact that it is partly automated required that around 200 people are on site at the same time in the 30,000 square meters large premises for the logistics to work. The employee, Daniel Norén is responsible for sorting orders – mainly clothes and shoes that the customers ordered. He is permanent worker and very good with the work.
“I have had a lot of fun and had the opportunity to be a mentor to new people,” he says.
, who is 24 years of age, educated for the school to be a chef. The work was stressful and he felt that the opportunity for leisure was limited.
” I was working late in the evenings while I would sometimes get up early in the morning. My body had a hard time to cope with it, ” he says.
for a few months, he was unemployed and received support from the national employment service. There he was referred to Samhall, who gave him tips about seeking warehouse operations. Soon he got the green light from Ingram, who runs the warehouse he now works at in Arlington. It was a year ago. Despite a full-time job, and two hours commuting to the job, he now have a greater opportunity to devote time to his large sports– and friluftsintresse where cycling, running and floorball belongs to the favorites.
In school, he had learning disabilities, but at their current place of work experience he is not that it is a problem.
– Here is not counted dyslexia as a difficulty, ” he says.
Samhall has commissioned you to find work to persons with reduced capacity for work, usually some form of mental or physical disability. Felix Engfeldt is the site manager Ingramlagret. He says that the leadership is of the utmost importance for the cooperation to work.
– There is a clear kravbild and vision of what you want to achieve together. It is important to have the right leaders in place who can take care of Samhallspersonalen. You have to be clear and to understand how to give instructions, ” he says.
Higher sick leave and short-time working is more common among employees that comes from the company but Felix Engfeldt also see clear benefits.
” I’m trying to build a culture that makes a difference on who is who, but, instead, trying to see the man. On the basis of there are many from Samhallspersonalen more engaged, motivated and loyal, ” says Felix Engfeldt.
within the various lagerverksamheter in 20 years time and say they have the recipe on how to successfully run the business.
” The companies that succeed best are companies that take care of the people who work there. It’s about leading in a good way and ensure that people feel comfortable. The people working here don’t go on client meetings or at conferences without the need to feel comfortable with the work on-site. You are no good employers will the best to leave, ” says Felix Engfeldt.
At another station a little further into the inventory work Daniel Leskinen, and he has also come to the warehouse via Samhall. He has worked in the company since november 2017. Initially, he experienced the workplace as stressful, but he got used to quickly.
” I wondered where I had actually ended up. People were running around. It took two weeks to get into work, ” he says.
had a learning disability during his school years. In high school he read a practical course in wood technology and furniture making. Through the employment agency, he applied to different types of jobs without success. He was then referred to Samhall and started working with the gravskötsel, and planting flowers at the woodland cemetery. Thereafter, he underwent training to the cleaners, and soon started work with to clean including Stockholm city hall, and at Axfood’s head offices. Although he likes his current work.
– It is a physical job, you are not standing still, ” he says.
More employers want to recruit from Samhall