Employee First Culture March 2013 | What We Stand For

Employee First Culture : Posts from March 2013

Mar 14, 2013
She’s Cancer Free!

In the fall of 2011 Ruben C., a long time employee of our San Antonio store, found out his oldest child Meg was diagnosed with a Ewing Sarcoma – a type of cancer that forms in bone or soft tissue. She spent many weeks receiving chemotherapy at the Children’s Cancer and Blood Center at Methodist Children’s Hospital in San Antonio as part of her treatment. The Cancer and Blood Center is an outpatient clinic located just next door to the hospital. It provides kids with cancer treatment, as well as
Mar 12, 2013
An Outstanding Employee Who Set His Family up for Success

Any parent would be proud to say that they have FIVE children who attended college, let alone Ivy League schools, and who went on to have prestigious careers in medicine, law, education and banking. But our distribution center employee of 10 years – Lucio P. – is prouder than most, because he had to overcome seemingly impossible odds to make this a reality for his children.Lucio was born in Mexico and taken out of school by his grandfather when he was 6 years old to work in the fields on a farm.
Mar 06, 2013
Hugs for All on We Love Our Employees Day!

We had so much fun celebrating our wonderful employees at our stores, home office and distribution center on National We Love Our Employees Day! Watch our video and check out our photo gallery to see employees’ reactions to this fantastic day of appreciation, recognition, fun, love and hugs! Did you even know there were so many different types of hugs? From our Vice Presidents serving breakfast to employees in our home office, to our store employees being treated to a hot cocoa break with all
Mar 05, 2013
And the Winners Are…

Congratulations to the 10 winners of our We Love Our Employees Day “Share the Love and a Hug” giveaway – Marchand, Susan M., Bethany S., Nancy, Caryn, David, Matthew M., Donna T., Susan R. and Patricia H.! Their comments were randomly selected as winners, and they’ll each be receiving a $100 Store More card from The Container Store! A special thank-you goes out to all of our AMAZING customers and vendors for sending “hug notes” to our employees on our blog, through the mail, and in our stores.