2 INTERVIEW
ONETEAM
THE APP THAT’S CHANGING THE GAME FOR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES Text by Tessa Burger
It was back during his secondary school
Worldwide, the majority of
days, working part-time at a supermarket
employees are not sitting at desks
and a pizza chain, that Ruben Wieman
all day, but are out working on the
had a light bulb moment. With all the
floors, with access to only their
separate employee manuals, WhatsApp
phones. Surprisingly, however,
groups, confusing intranets, newsletters and
until a few years ago there was no
chaotic schedules posted on slips of paper in
one-stop staff app where frontline
staff canteens, there was a helter-skelter of
employees could find all the
information. Employees didn’t get encouraged
information and tools they need.
to get involved in the company at all. So,
There are targeted apps galore, of
Ruben came up with the solution: Oneteam.
course, but none that comprehen-
