GE Appliances Plant Cuts 100s-Deep Labor Gap With Shift-Signup App
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Updated · NPR · Jul 8
GE Appliances Plant Cuts 100s-Deep Labor Gap With Shift-Signup App
3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 8
Summary
Hundreds of missing workers at a GE Appliances plant in rural northwest Georgia during COVID-19 pushed the factory to adopt a flexible staffing model.
The plant eased that shortage by letting some workers claim open shifts through an app, giving managers a faster way to fill gaps.
The arrangement shows how a manufacturing site used app-based flexible work—more common in service sectors—to stabilize production when traditional staffing fell short.