Employee First Culture October 2013 | What We Stand For

Employee First Culture : Posts from October 2013

Oct 29, 2013
Kip on Employee Feedback

We believe that Communication IS Leadership – they are one and the same. Our CEO, Kip, often travels to visit our stores across the country (in fact, he was in Houston just about a week ago!) When he meets with a store team, he says that while of course he enjoys hearing what our employees love about our business – their store, their team, great training, celebrations, and more, he also makes a point to ask about what we could be doing better. “Employees need to hear that there are lots of
Oct 25, 2013
Kip & Garrett’s 35th Anniversary Tribute

We love our co-founders, Kip and Garrett!! They just celebrated their 35th anniversaries with the company at our annual Service Awards (we recently posted a blog about this special event that celebrates the tenure of nearly 150 employees who have worked at our company for 10+ years). Of course we had a special surprise up our sleeves to let them know how grateful we are for their ongoing leadership, and for creating a company that makes all of us feel safe, secure, warm, loved, hugged and happy
Oct 21, 2013
Conscious Culture in our Distribution Center

We say and bet you’d agree that you can “feel” the difference when you’re working for, shopping in, or doing business with a company that has a conscious culture. What’s a conscious culture? It’s one that’s built on values and principles (for us, it’s our seven Foundation Principles) that serve as the guidelines for every decision that employees make. This allows them to feel safe and secure, and work together day in and day out toward the same common goals for our business. We often hear from
Oct 03, 2013
Rock, Paper, Scissors

Everyone remembers playing the game Rock, Paper, Scissors in school (or if you don’t, learn how to play here – you’ll be glad you did). The Store Replenishment team in our Distribution Center recently brought back this grade-school classic when they launched a full-fledged Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament in order to bring an “air of excitement” to their team and allow them to build better connections. This tournament was serious business – the Store Replenishment team created a sports-style
Oct 01, 2013
A Commitment to Healthy Eating

When you eat better, you feel better – which is why Kip, our CEO is passionately committed to making sure our employees have better and healthier food choices conveniently available to them. Kip recently shared some great news with our company that our on-site cafeteria, the Gumby Café, would start serving even healthier options, with more locally-sourced ingredients, a better salad bar, fresh fish brought in every day and more! We all loved the Gumby Café before – but now, with even