Study: gamification entices 84% of warehouse workers
Study: gamification entices 84% of warehouse workers
Study: gamification entices 84% of warehouse workers
January 16, 2024
Summary
Warehouse workers who play together, stay together, according to market study insights released today from Lucas Systems, a distribution center technology company providing software to workers in more than 400 warehouses worldwide.
In the study - which polled 750 U.S. and UK on-floor warehouse workers - nearly 84% of workers said they were more likely to stay with a company that developed workplace competitions around their day-to-day tasks.
The study explored how workers feel about game mechanics such as workplace competitions, rewards, teamwork and leaderboards.
Lucas Systems says the time is right to implement warehouse gamification as 98% of workers have some experience with game mechanics at work and 94% already participate in games in their personal lives.
Gamification can be a differentiator for employers looking to fill the more than 250,000 warehouse worker job openings in the U.S. right now.
"It's a trust exercise between workers and management. Workers must trust they will benefit from participating."
Conducted by Wakefield Research, the gamification study is Lucas Systems' third in its 'Voice of the Warehouse Worker' series examining worker fears, expectations and perceptions about their daily jobs.
Reference
Study: gamification entices 84% of warehouse workers. (2024, January 16). Modern Materials Handling. https://www.mmh.com/article/study_gamification_entices_84_of_warehouse_workers/warehouse