One of the ways we're committed to making our employees' professional and personal well-being a priority is offering them WOW! Benefits that enrich them in all areas of their lives. Continuing education is important to many of our employees. According to a 2015 survey by International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, 83 percent of companies offer some form of educational assistance. GL group is proud to offer our employees a tuition advancement program.
GL group employees who want to cont...
According to Project: Time Off, 55 percent of American workers left vacation time unused in 2015. This adds up to 658 million unused vacation days! On top of that, U.S. workers forfeit 222 million of the 658 million unused vacation days because these days couldn't be rolled over or paid out. They are just lost!
Giving and making sure employees take vacation is important. A commitment to helping employees maximize their vacation starts from the top down. At GL group we make sure that employees ...
Some people will read that headline and think, "I don't want to make any waves at work. I like to keep my head down and just do my job."
But at GL group, we've found that people who make waves stand out positively and get things done.
We have a culture of empowerment and we want employees in all areas of the business to act and think and act like an owner. In fact, we specifically ask them to do so. We are not looking for someone to come in and perform a "job" but rather, someone to get involv...
Anyone who's ever interviewed for a job knows the routine: You send in your resume and then wait to hear back about an interview. Once you schedule an interview, you prepare, you wait, make a list of questions, figure out how you might answer the prospective employer's questions, and try to calm your nerves. When the interview is over you wait to hear back about whether or not you got the job. Are you seeing a common thread? There's a lot of waiting!
Waiting is, of course, a normal part of life...
Duke McDonald just retired from GL group. He put in six great months with the company and he'll be dearly missed. We celebrated with a retirement party to send Duke off to his next adventure – full time daycare!
Yes, you read that right. Duke is a baby.
You might think that the only workplaces where babies are a welcome part of everyday life is in a daycare or pediatrician's office. But at GL group, it's common to walk through the buildings and see babies napping while Dad is on a confer...
