When disasters strike, most people's first impulse is to take care of their family. For Tellepsen, a leading building business in Houston, employees are family.
So when Hurricane Harvey brought widespread flooding to the Houston area in August 2017, Tellepsen used Smartsheet to find out the status of more than 500 employees spread throughout the sprawling Houston metro area, and get help and resources to the people who needed them.
Tellepsen teams were already using Smartsheet to manage materials tracking, deadlines and deliverables, and employee HR-related processes. The solution's collaboration features and flexibility made it an invaluable tool for managing deadlines and sharing information and process steps across teams.
What the teams weren't expecting: Smartsheet was also invaluable in helping to get colleagues much-needed help and became the main tool for locating people during a devastating natural disaster.