Making work like a day at the ball park
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Express Employment Professionals honored 155 employees of SL Tennessee who hit a “home run” by completing 120 days of employment and each receiving a $2,500 bonus on July 14. Homer, the Tennessee Smokies baseball team mascot, was present, and there was a large check representing the bonus. Pictured from left are: Sharita Rig- gins, SL Tennessee trainer; Yuly Vargas; Terry Brewer; Angie Myers, Express branch manager; Kermit Marlow, SL Tennessee maintenance; Linda Mcfall; Danielle Asbury; and Kara Pinkerton, Express franchise owner. - Pete Gwada
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Danielle Asbury, an employee of Express Employment Professionals, holds a bucket for Homer, the mascot of the Tennessee Smokies baseball team, to draw the name of 071223 cant the winner of Smokies tickets. Homer was on hand to help Express honor the 155 employees of SL Tennessee who scored a “home run” by completing 120 day of employ- ment and receiving a $2,500 bonus. - Pete Gwada
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Homer, the mascot of the Tennessee Smokies baseball team, stands in the break room of SL Tennessee on July 14 holding a large check representing the $2,500 bonus for each of the 155 SL Tennessee employees who completed 120 days of employment. - Pete Gwada
Usually home runs are hit in baseball parks.
However, there were 155 home runs hit in the Clinton I-75 Industrial Park on July 14.
That is the day 155 employees of SL Tennessee were honored for reaching a major milestone in their employment by Express Employment Professionals.
SL Tennessee is the largest non-government employer in Anderson County. The company employs about 1,000 people in three large buildings in the I-75 Industrial Park, covering 750,000 square feet.
The company makes headlights, taillights, mirrors and gear shifters for a variety of car makes and models.
Express Employment Professionals is a franchise staffing service that works with SL Tennessee to hire and train assembly line workers for the company.
The company also staffs more than 30 other businesses and governments in Anderson County. Express Employment has offices all over Tennessee as well as throughout the U.S. and in Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Express Employment uses a baseball analogy in their operations. Upon hiring employees are in the bull pen. After 30 days, they make it to first base. At 60 days they are on second base. The 90 day mark is called third base. That is when the hirees become full time employees of SL Tennessee. Each one of these milestones is marked by recognition and a gift card if certain criteria are met.
The 120 day mark is called “home run” and employees reaching that milestone are given a $2,500 bonus.
That is what all the excitement was about on July 14. The 155 employees who have hit a home run since Jan. 1 of this year were honored. The day was celebrated with that ball park favorite hot dogs. Homer, the mascot of the Tennessee Smokies baseball team, was on hand to throw out miniature baseballs and pose for photographs.
A large check representing the $2,500 bonus was on display and drawings were held for Tennessee Smokies tickets. Winners of the tickets were Cameron Bridges, Andrew Headley and Claude Niyogushima.
To set the tone for the day, employees of Express Employment were decked out in baseball jerseys.
“We are not just a staffing service, said Angie Myers, branch manager for Empress Employment, “We are a community involved business that cares about people. We are the face of SL Tennessee.”
Currently there are 66 SL Tennessee employees in the training program somewhere between “on deck” and “home run.”