01.02.2025
Time to get back to work
- Positive signs for business owners who want to get the job done
Because we deal with so many local businesses in the region, we’ve been hearing the same complaints with employers not being able to get staff to work. The shift in the employer versus employee relationship changed post pandemic and effectively turned the tables, giving the employee supposedly more control.
One story, for example, was from a cabinetmaker client who was looking to start a new 1st year apprentice. One of the candidates for the position was located down in Melbourne and, during the interview, had some demands. First off was the unusual 1st year apprentice salary request of $100,000, but on top of this they also demanded that the employer pay their relocation expenses, pay for their rental house, give them a company car and phone and let them work only 4 days a week.
Obviously, their resume was tossed in the trash. But the underlying problem we’ve been hearing from clients is they can’t get staff, staff feel they are entitled to too much money and perks or they just don’t want to work at all.
Another example was the Cairns Regional Council who couldn’t get all their employees to come back to work and had to resort to scrapping the mandatory drug testing procedures, just to try and get some workers to apply for roles.
It was really getting tragic because we have clients who all had the same undertone of “There’s lots of work to do, but we can’t get staff to do it.”
Fortunately, it looks as though this is shifting back to normal. We’re hearing more positive news from clients who are working at their full capacity with all hands on deck. The laziness-generating Work From Home concept is disappearing and overall, we’re hearing potential candidates for employment positions are expressing more appreciation for opportunities. Even the Cairns Regional Council reverted back to their mandatory drug testing policies and got rid of all the temporary personnel they had to hire to fill the gaps in the workforce last year.
It’s really good to hear the positivity coming from our more than 1,000 business-owning clients and, with interest rates coming down, workers going back to work, the outlook for a prosperous 2025 is looking much clearer.
New website design, January
- Peach Constructions, Cairns
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New website design, January
- RSC Diesels, Cairns
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New website design, January
- Outdoor Solutions Queensland, Cairns
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New Cairns Google Ads, January
- West Coast Contracting, Weipa
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New Cairns Google Ads, January
- GlassTech Cairns
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New website development, January
- Yarrabah Arts Precinct, Cairns
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New website design, December
- West Coast Contracting, Weipa
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01.01.2025
We hope everyone enjoyed their break and are looking forward to catching up with all in 2025
2025 marks our 25th year in business and we have some great new products to launch
With a history as long as ours and a client base as dominant, Allcorp really have proven that we are the best in the business and the envy of our competition. Indeed, the younger agencies want what we have established, but like most people in the newer generations, they want it all without working for it.
The founders of Allcorp have always been hard workers, putting in 100 hour weeks at the very beginning to establish ourselves. We’ve worked for 25 years in the same digital marketing industry and have always been at the forefront of creativity and design language. Always being North Queensland based, we’ve positioned ourselves as the leaders in our field in our region.
We wanted to say a big thank you to all the great businesses we have worked with to get to this 25 year milestone. Some clients are still with us from the beginning, some have retired and some have passed the business onto a second or even third generation.
Without the support of all the great local family businesses we’ve come to know so well over the years, we wouldn’t still be here today. We appreciate knowing each of our clients on a first name basis and appreciate being welcomed into their offices and homes as colleagues.
We also understand the importance of customer service and ensuring our clients are looked after. Our customer service procedures and policies along with our professional communication standards are one of the main reasons why we have managed to retain such a huge and growing list of clients.
So, cheers for the support to the more than 1,000 friends and colleagues in business who rely on us to keep them properly marketed.
Let’s get to work for 2025!
All of these projects have been managed from start to finish by our local team. At Allcorp we are the local choice for professional website design.