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Mmmmmm! Pineapple and cherries!

21 posted on 05/28/2017 7:11:35 PM PDT by WXRGina (Repeal and DON'T replace!)

Yes! My company's motto is, 'Happy as a clam? Want to be happy as a person?' Three day weekend. Paid. Between the PTO, personal days, and holidays, they gave me almost four weeks right out of the gate. Plus 10% profit sharing if we meet FY goals. Their philosophy is, people are more productive if given autonomy, and not have management looking over their shoulders and pressuring them. And they're right. Last week, our company went public at the NYSE at 9:30 AM, and our CEO, CFO, and all the senior VP's were there. They make a BIG deal out of it. Streamed it live from the Stock Exchange, On CNBC, too I think. And they paid for a catered victory breakfast at all the main offices - bacon, eggs, hash browns, every sort of breakfast biscuit you can think of, the WORKS. They do that quite a bit. We get two crates of fresh fruit from The Fruit Guys every other week - apples, oranges, grapefruit, avocados, pears, fresh and candied nuts. They spread it out on the table on the break room (which has all-steel, commercial grade fridges and microwaves, four coffeemakers, and an Otis Spunkmeyer cookie oven). And we have a big catered gourmet lunch coming up because we beat all the other offices in productivity, and overall employee satisfaction in 2016. And I swear I'm not used to making the salary and benefits I'm getting. God, I love my job.

22 posted on 05/28/2017 7:14:32 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)

When we bake a ham, it disappears under a blanket of pineapple before it gets roasted. I love pineapple that is baked until it's crispy around the edges. Makes for a juicier pig, too.

23 posted on 05/28/2017 7:30:10 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)

I think I know where that Conecuh plant is. Kinda close to Bate’s House of Turkey? I-65

24 posted on 05/28/2017 7:40:52 PM PDT by logitech

Yes! Right off of I-65. I've only been down 65 as far as Hope Hull and the Hyundai plant, doing PC and network break/fix. The missus and I really have to get out more. Never heard of Bates House of Turkey, but it definitely looks like my kind of place. Just like The Old Man in A Christmas Story, I am a genuine turkeyholic.

25 posted on 05/28/2017 7:54:30 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)

Viking, as you probably also know, pineapple juice is a marvelous flavor enhancing tenderizer for fine beef steaks, or even low grade beef steaks. I’ll marinate a filet or whatever for one or two days in pineapple juice. Bromelain, baby! And it makes them taste so good, too!

26 posted on 05/28/2017 8:11:09 PM PDT by WXRGina (Repeal and DON'T replace!)

It’s a little south of Montgomery.

http://batesturkey.com/bateshouseofturkey.aspx

27 posted on 05/29/2017 6:37:01 AM PDT by logitech

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