HSM new Hastings office a bold statement As Hawkes Bay’s HSM moves into brand new premises, CEO Matt Stevenson talks to NZSM about attracting and retaining staff and creating a workplace culture and environment to be proud of. Last year, Hawkes Bay-based security provider HSM made a decision to invest in its future, its local community, and its staff, by proceeding with ambitious expansion plans that included a move to refurbished new premises. Double the size of its previous facilities, the new office consolidates two previous premises into a 800 sqm footprint on the one new site. Totally refurbished, the new office has been fit out to meet the needs of the growing business and its multidisciplined teams. “The driving force behind this move was the desire to have an awesome place for staff to work and to bring the whole team together under one roof,” CEO Matt Stevenson told NZSM.
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“We have a new state of the art monitoring station and modern new facilities including the latest in office furniture and facilities, new break out areas for staff with soundproofed zones for meetings, locker and shower areas for our guards, new training facilities and a great new kitchen area with an outdoor space, all helping our staff have a great place to work.” It’s part of a plan to attract more high quality staff to Hastings as the nationwide part of HSM’s business takes off. “We’ve got a new management team with the aggressive goal of doubling our turnover in two and a half years,” said Matt. It’s also a far cry from HSM’s humble beginnings. Back in 1997, the
company, founded by Matt’s father Fred Stevenson, was just three staff operating out of a converted packing shed. In 2000, the company moved into its first monitoring station premises. Seven years later it opened a purposebuilt facility, and eventually it opened a second office due to continued growth. A workplace to be proud of “From a business perspective we often talk about culture and what a great place it is to work, but we actually went that extra step further and created an awesome place,” said Matt. “We went out and had a look at what other sharp businesses were doing around work culture June/July 2021
