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Before Covid-19, all of the onsite car parks at carsales’ Melbourne office were full and allocated to executives. However, after a number of staff members left the company, their parking spots sat empty and there was no system for managing those unused parks.

In order to improve employee happiness and remove the sense of hierarchy in the car park, carsales wanted to share those vacant parks fairly among their staff and allow people to pay a casual rate for parking when they needed to drive into the office.

Because carsales’ car parks sit behind access control and they didn’t want all staff to have a swipe card and 24/7 entry, they also needed a solution that would deliver seamless, secure access to the right people.

In the first seven weeks of implementing Parkable, almost half of carsales’ executive team had shared their allocated park with colleagues at least once, and in total allocated parks were shared over 700 times. That made around 20 additional parks available to the rest of the team every workday.

The revenue generated from these ‘casual’ parking sessions is then donated to the carsales foundation, which allows the company to build funds toward workplace improvements. Carsales was thrilled that after just a month and a half, sharing and monetising allocated parks had raised more money than any other fundraising initiative.

Plus, with the new access control integration and reporting features, carsales now has far more control and awareness of how their staff car park is being used.