Loving What You Do & Where You Work

Posted by fgp on 07/28/10 -

by Rhiannon Poore, Marketing and Communications Manager

FGP is a great place to work. Of course, I may be just a little biased, but so many times when I hear my friends talk about their jobs or their workplace culture, I think about how blessed I am to work at a place that...

- has trips to TCBY on a monthly basis to celebrate employees' birthdays... ice cream truck

- brings a monthly ice cream truck to visit us in the summer (here's a picture of three of our employees , Caroline Callison, Shannon Wheatley, and Aaron Mishler enjoying ice cream)

- sponsors a 5K in which your race time correlates to extra days off (of course, running a 5K in 95 degree weather does not always present the best conditions for a good race time!)

- participates as a United Way Pacesetter Company. We love to give back to the Greenville community, and what better way than to help an organization that can carefully select great charities to support?

- has leadership who is truly invested in each person in the company. We all get busy, and we all forget to "listen" sometimes. No one can escape the blame on that count. But one of our values is to "build authentic relationships through respect for and honest communication with each other." I've seen nearly every person in this company step up to the plate in that regard, whether it be providing meals for one of our team members who has just had a baby or house-sitting for another team member who's on vacation.

Most importantly, though, what we do every day matters. We get to connect great companies with great people. We have the awesome responsibility and privilege of finding people jobs. We have the opportunity to actually participate and help great companies grow--whether they need diversity training or an HR assessment.

Sure, there are days when everyone would rather be relaxing by the pool, cold drink in hand. There are days when we do things wrong. But as workplaces go, I have to say - it's a privilege to call FGP my work home. I'd love to hear about how you create great culture at your workplace.

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