We are a home builder with over 2500 employees in 25 divisions in 7
states. Prior to establishing a formal records program and my hire 6
months ago, two women handled storage for 4 divisions as their full-time
positions. The remaining divisions were pretty much on their own. We are
now in the process of establishing the records program.

I oversee the program across the entire company. The two "old-timers"
now manage the off-site storage for the just corporate office and one
division (who happen to be housed together). Each division has appointed
one "records manager" (and sometimes a backup) who handles records
duties in addition to the job they were originally hired for (total of
35). The job titles of these people range from receptionist to
controller -- I had no input into that selection process, it happened
before I was brought on. I am also establishing "records coordinators"
in each department, also in addition to their other duties. That's
another 180 or so.

So to re-cap: 3 full-time; and about 215 part-time. I'm not sure of the
FTE right now, as I don't know the percentage of time spent on records
duties yet, but I estimate it will be perhaps 10% for the records
coordinators and maybe 20% for the records managers.

In my prior job, it was just me for a company of about 300.


Nolene Sherman | Director of Records Management | Standard Pacific Homes
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-----Original Message-----
Subject: [RM] Size of Records Management Department

 
I was wondering about the average size of a records management
department.  I work for a pharmaceutical company that has 3,500
employees throughout eight different site locations and an outside sales
force.  

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