About us

WorkStep is the leading employee engagement platform for the frontline. Our comprehensive solution brings HR and Operations teams together to help reduce turnover, increase productivity, and engage the hourly workforce. With WorkStep, leaders gather the feedback they need to take action and drive their business forward.

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For organizations who put their frontline first

WorkStep’s holistic employee engagement solution ties feedback to business outcomes and empowers leaders to drive meaningful, organizational change. By bringing comprehensive listening, predictive analytics and workforce communication together in one solution, WorkStep gives organizations the tools they need to take action and transform their business.

Enterprise organizations across the frontline trust WorkStep to help them reduce turnover, increase productivity and engage their hourly workforce.

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For jobseekers looking for a better opportunity

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We’re on a mission

Our mission

Make the frontline a better place to work

Our values

Elevate all voices
Don’t settle for the status quo
Exceed expectations
Enjoy the journey

Our story

Founded in 2017, WorkStep is a software company focused on helping organizations engage and retain their frontline workforce.

When Portland native, co-founder, and CEO Dan Johnston managed a 3rd party logistics warehouse, he experienced the high cost and low reward of using temporary labor agencies. Over time, his warehouse transitioned to a direct-hire model, which reduced costs & lifted retention, but labor remained a challenge for their operation.

After starting in the logistics space and moving to software, Dan and Justin (Co-founder & CTO), sought to solve the larger issue by uniting the two industries and created a technology ally for frontline workers and employers.

Today, WorkStep is helping leading companies within e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, CPG, transportation, and logistics retain their frontline and drive bottom-line growth.

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