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Employee First Culture : Posts from June 2017

Jun 22, 2017
The Value of an "Air of Excitement!"

*This post is part of Chairman and Co-Founder Kip Tindell’s Thoughts on Thriving Blog Series. Read other posts in the series here. In retail, customers can always sense when employees are having fun, when they love their jobs and are excited about helping. Folks are always telling me, “Your people at The Container Store are so happy! How do you do it? What do you put in the drinking water?” Well, the simple answer is that they all have an “Air of Excitement” and are eager to spread it! For us,
Jun 16, 2017
Two New TCS Dads Share Their Stories

Being a new father is a strange mixture of emotions and feelings. Happiness, self-doubt, gratitude, exhaustion, fear, and love can all coexist simultaneously in a man’s mind, so it’s important for new parents to have a strong support network. At The Container Store, we’re proud to offer our new dads a paid two-week paternity leave to allow them settle in with their precious new baby and help Mom out when needed. In honor of Father’s Day, two of our new dads shared their recent experiences with
Jun 13, 2017
Why I Chose to Work on the Software Team at The Container Store

I never thought I’d be working in Retail. Retail. Don’t get me wrong - I had nothing against the industry, I just never thought I would be working in it myself. But here I am. How did I get here? Well, for the last five years I’ve been a software developer playing the ever entertaining game of “startup roulette”. If you’ve ever played this game, you know exactly what I mean when I say it’s the most exhilarating, exhausting, rewarding, demanding, damning thing I’ve done. It’s a way of life,