Why Outsource Your Shredding?

You may be tempted to shred your documents in-house with your own employees. At first glance, this may seem to be a convenient and affordable option. However, like many things that appear simple at first glance, shredding in-house presents several unique challenges and can rapidly become an unmanageable mess. Summarized below are the many advantages to outsourcing your shredding needs to a properly certified information destruction contractor.

Save Time: Every minute your employees spend shredding paper is time that they cannot spend on their primary job role.

Outsourcing your shredding can save large blocks of the work day and refocuses your staff on servicing your existing clients and growing your business.

REALLY SAVING MONEY BY SHREDDING YOURSELF?

Shredding in-house can also be very expensive. High-end office shredders cost thousands of dollars.

Shredding supplies (storage containers, disposal bags) and the electricity to run the shredder are huge drains on your facility manager's budget. In addition, you must allocate valuable office space to run your shredding operation.

AVOID ALL THIS FOR AS LITTLE AS $35 PER MONTH

Shredding in-house is inconvenient and messy. Office shredders generate large amounts of noise and paper dust. Bags of shredded paper can quickly pile up in your facility, creating an unprofessional image. Shredders can break down at the worst possible times, and are easily jammed by staples and paper clips. Many organizations destroy records after tax season or at the end of a fiscal year. This can quickly overwhelm the capabilities of an in-house shredding operation. An information destruction contractor takes minutes to complete a shredding job that could take your organization days to complete in-house.

Most security professionals agree employees are a greater risk for misusing information than an outside contractor. Employees shredding documents in-house have unlimited access to sensitive company trade secrets, employee insurance information, payroll data, performance reviews, and bank information. This access could lead to embarrassing and financially damaging disclosure.

Many organizations destroy records after tax season or at the end of a fiscal year. This can quickly overwhelm the capabilities of an in-house shredding operation. An information destruction contractor takes minutes to complete a shredding job that could take your organization days to complete in-house.