Bauer Awards Employees
Bauer Built Inc. president Tad Bauer awarded more than $150,000 in prizes to Bauer Built employees on Feb. 24, commemorating the birthday of the company’s late founder G.F. “Sam” Bauer. Bauer awarded 22 employees who were picked via lottery drawing at Bauer Built’s annual Management & Sales Conference in Welch Village, Minn. Employees were entered
Bridgestone Lays Off Ag Employees
Bridgestone Americas is laying off 69 agricultural tire plant employees at its Des Moines, Iowa, tire plant due to a decrease in demand. Employees affected by the cuts will received unemployment pay and supplementary benefits, according to reports. Bridgestone noted that if demand for agriculture tires picks back up, they would reevaluate layoffs at the
Conference To Address Recruiting and Retaining Employees
As part of AAPEX’s educational sessions, AAPEXedu, AAPEX will host a free conference on recruiting and retaining. The conference will take place Nov. 3 in Las Vegas. The conference includes case studies of outreach and recruiting programs, a session entitled, “Attracting, Engaging and Retaining High Talent,” by Dr. Bob Nelson, and a panel discussion called
Walmart to Lay Off 2,300 Sam’s Club Employees
Walmart Stores Inc. recently announced plans to lay off 2,300 Sam’s Club employees. The lay offs are an attempt to balance the company’s resources and will affect roughly four employees per store, it said. Employees have 60 paid days to find another job within the company, if they’re not successful they’ll be offered severance pay.
Tire Store Employees Team Up for Films
Nicolas Alexander and Carlos Christian worked together at a tire dealership in Madison, Wis., when they discovered a creative common ground. According to a story in The (Madison, Wis.) Capital Times, the two were working together when Christian, a musician, talked about making his new album. Alexander, a filmmaker, offered to make a music video
Employees Tackle, Pin Would-Be Robber
A 52-year-old man picked the wrong tire store to rob last week as four earnest employees took on and subdued the man as he was trying to make off with a cash register full of money. The action took place at R&F Tire Shop in Norcross, Ga. Late in the day on May 14, an
Make Sure Your Employees Have Personal Responsibility in Delivering Excellence
Practicing PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Delivering Excellence) in all that your organization does will have a substantial positive impact on your company’s performance.
Armed Men Rob Tire Shop Employees
Kinston, N.C., police continue to investigate an armed robbery of a used tire store in the city yesterday. Officials said the robbery happened midday at Rick’s Used Tires in the city. Two men in a late model Chevrolet Impala pulled up to a pair of employees behind the shop, motioned for them to come over
Monro to Retain Majority of Kramer Tire Employees
Monro President John Van Heel has said Monro will retain most of Norfolk, Va.-based Kramer Tire’s 200 employees when the company’s purchase of the tire dealership is complete.
How to Find and Hire High-Quality Employees
Computer technology may be an earth-shaking breakthrough in gathering information, but it can’t always help with one simple problem common to shop owners everywhere: How to find good employees. Countless sociological and economic issues have come into play in recent years that, despite helpful technological advancements, can’t be fully compensated for in the recruitment of