Industry: Printing and packaging
Company size: ~200 employees
Core roles: Flexographic Press Operator, Lithographic Press Operator, Die Cutter Operator, Folder Gluer Operator
FactoryFix Champion: Aaron, HR Director, Meyers Printing

The challenge

Meyers Printing depends on highly skilled operators who run specialized presses and finishing equipment. These are niche roles that take years to master and cannot be filled with quick training. Historically, the company leaned on outside agencies when these positions opened. Agency fees ran as high as $18,000 to $20,000 per hire, on top of months-long searches.

General job boards and ATS distribution offered little relief. Aaron describes the approach as “post and pray,” with few qualified applicants and frequent six-month searches for the right candidate. For a two-person HR team supporting 200 employees, the process was slow and costly.

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The solution

Meyers adopted FactoryFix in 2021 to move away from general job boards and agency dependence. The real shift came with the rollout of AI recruiters and the ability to customize them.

The team now relies on Mack, a fully customized AI recruiter that mirrors Meyers’ tone, highlights what sets the company apart, and engages candidates about shifts, pay expectations, and experience. Mack provides 24/7 coverage, responding to candidates at all hours and surfacing top profiles directly in Aaron’s inbox. He describes the accuracy as “hitting the bulls-eye.”

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Candidates benefit as well, often assuming they are chatting with a real recruiter. Engagement continues on weekends or late nights, giving Meyers access to talent they might otherwise miss. One recent out-of-state hire connected through Mack over a weekend and was ready for an interview by Monday morning.

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The impact

Year-to-date results

In 2025, Meyers has already:

• Made 9 hires with FactoryFix
• Logged 29 interviews
• ≈$1,100 Cost per Hire vs agency fees 15-20X higher
• Received 1,600 applicants delivered
• Saved an estimated 244 hours of manual recruiting time
• Built a pool of 170+ qualified and engaged candidates

These outcomes reflect consistent recruiting momentum and measurable ROI for a two-person HR team supporting a 200-person workforce.

Results since customizing Mack

Mack’s impact was immediate. In the first month of use, Meyers:

• Extended 5 offers to skilled operators
• Converted 3 hires
• Reduced time-to-fill for operator roles from 8–12 weeks to about 3 weeks

Aaron calls FactoryFix a “secret weapon” and credits it with giving Meyers an edge that peers in the printing industry still lack.

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Why it works

FactoryFix succeeds at Meyers because it reaches a talent pool built for manufacturing and puts AI to work in ways that matter. Mack engages candidates the way Aaron would, surfacing only the strongest matches and clarifying key details like shift availability and pay expectations up front. Roughly 80 percent of four- and five-star candidates surfaced are worth pursuing, a testament to how accurately FactoryFix determines fit for highly specialized operator roles. Add in around-the-clock engagement and measurable savings from reduced agency reliance, and the platform has become a cornerstone of Meyers’ recruiting strategy.

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What’s next

Meyers plans to continue leaning into AI customization by tailoring recruiters to specific roles, such as flexographic, lithographic, and die cutting operators. By getting even more precise in how candidates are engaged and building on FactoryFix’s automation, Meyers expects to keep hiring timelines short, recruiting costs low, and talent quality high.

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