These figures may indicate movement by respondents among companies driven to offer better compensation by the continuing upswing in business, some consultants say. Professionalization of logistics Speh says he sees the impact of what some call the professionalization of logistics on the industry. That could be bad, too, he adds, because with such high demand for workers, new graduates may find themselves in jobs beyond their abilities. Pressures from customers and corporate headquarters are rising along with responsibilities, say warehouse managers. It's tough to find good workers, so managers are shifting some of their burgeoning duties onto their workers.
Inflation is low and the nation's business climate is blue sky and blue chip.
About one third of the managers responding to the survey operate warehouses larger than 100,000 square-feet. He would supervise 11 employees. He would have 15 years experience in the warehousing industry. He would be celebrating his 12th anniversary with his current employer. He would be in his current job 7 years.