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W&A Engineering staff coming together for a Habitat for Humanity volunteer day.
TZL: A firm’s longevity is valuable. What are you doing to encourage your staff to stick around? JW: Providing opportunity for growth – both professional and personal – and by focusing on the six “net better off” areas that I mentioned before. We’re currently restructuring our bonus and incentive compensation plan, and like all of our initiatives, I’ve tasked our leadership with creating a plan that is forward- thinking and not status quo. We offer flexibility in an industry that has not historically been flexible, and we’ll continue to focus on why we do what we do – which is building better communities, because our employees, clients, and neighbors deserve the best. “We offer flexibility in an industry that has not historically been flexible, and we’ll continue to focus on why we do what we do – which is building better communities, because our employees, clients, and neighbors deserve the best.”
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of flexibility. It’s so critical for our employees to know that flexibility is there for them as they move through different phases of life and family. I hear a lot of positive feedback about our family leave policy. It has three months paid maternity leave, and one month paternity, but the dad can get the three months if the mom is the primary breadwinner. We provide adoption and foster family assistance, and there are an extra 30 days per year of paid time off if someone must care for a sick family member. I also hear a lot of good feedback about the local charities that we support and the opportunities we provide for our employees to volunteer in the community. TZL: In one word or phrase, what do you describe as your number one job responsibility? JW: Visionary. I get to set the course for where BCC is heading, not only as a business, but for our employees and how we will impact our communities. It’s a fantastic job! It can be challenging, and as with anything there are trials and errors and lessons learned, but the reward is huge. If we get it right, we will attract the best and brightest and they will want to stay and grow with BCC. As we grow, we will have more and greater opportunities to build better communities and to have a positive impact on the world.
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THE ZWEIG LETTER JANUARY 9, 2023, ISSUE 1471
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