Published: April 11, 2018

Meet the Manager with Marc Gaudet of UNITS in San Antonio, TX

Marc Gaudet is a San Antonio self storage veteran. If you’re moving to the area, he has a wealth of knowledge to share with you. We like to check in with Marc every so often to hear more about what’s going on in the community. Whether you need portable storage or the 411 on what’s going on in the Alamo City this weekend, Marc is your guy!

Colby: First off, are there any upcoming company events that you’re excited about?

Marc: Not any particular event, but a focus for me right now is how busy the season is for moving. This is busy season for us right now. I had a call from a lady recently who is staging her home and I know there are studies that have shown that staging a home increases both the speed in which a home sells as well as the value of the home. I know this is a time of year where people try to declutter and move, so I’m focusing as much as I can on finding a niche for moves. I’m talking to a lot of contractors, painters, carpeting people, flooring guys. We have a few partners too, like ServPro of San Antonio. That’s an exciting thing to work on and it’s so important in the spring.

Colby: You kind of answered my next question already, but can you tell me a little more about some of the challenges in the industry this time of year? Is there anything particularly challenging in the spring that isn’t a factor in the winter?

Marc: It’s mostly based on experiences last year and this year so far. I’m just trying to stay sharp and help our customers solve various problems using portable storage.

Colby: Outside of UNITS, is there anything going on in the city that has people talking? I know you had the NCAA Tournament recently.

Marc: Yeah last weekend. Something we have that’s more community-based is Fiesta. That’s a huge thing here. It tends to sort of encompass a lot of the landmarks and exciting places like the River Walk and the Alamo. It’s community-driven and it’s really awesome. It’s the 19th-29th of April and it gets a lot of buzz.

Colby: A ten-day-long event is a long time for anything. Must be a lot going on.

Marc: It’s like 20 events inside of one large event. It’s pretty cool.

Colby: Does it draw a lot of people from outside of San Antonio?

Marc: I think so, but it’s not the same as an event like the basketball tournament. It’s maybe 65% locals and the rest from out of town. It’s such a big community event. So many different people in our community participate in it. My numbers could be wrong, but that’s the sense I get.

Colby: Can you give me a highlight from the last month or so, or a story about the team coming together and meeting a challenge?

Marc: We always look at the positive here at this company. One thing from this year, Gilbert dealt with some personal circumstances at the end of year last year where he lost a family member. I’ve had some health issues too in that time. However, we’ve been working together to make sure everything operates efficiently and getting things done. Gilbert took it to the next level helping keep track of things with me, so we could be very accurate. When he couldn’t be here, I covered for him and made some deliveries.

We’ve really worked together to get that done and I think that’s really a positive thing, because we’ve continued to get positive Google reviews through it all. I don’t want to brag, but it just shows how dedicated we are to the company and how hard we work to make sure it’s successful. I think that’s a highlight. We’ve dealt with adversity, but we haven’t slowed down. We keep going as hard as we can!