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ELEVATE / CELEBRATE FACSCADEMY AWARDS A HUGE SUCCESS Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. recently held its First Annual FACScademy Awards to recognize the firm’s staff members. This was the firm’s way of poking fun at the Academy Awards while recognizing staff through a variety of categories like, Our People First, Client Relationships for Life, and Integrity of the Science Awards that relate directly to FACS’s core values.
FACS also had amusing categories including The Calm, Cool, Collected Award for the employee who always keeps their cool, even under the most stressful situations. And there was the Spirit Award for the employee who always brings “fun” to the office. The event was a huge success as employees even joined in on the Opening Number, a sing along with the firm’s CEO and general
manager, which entailed a parody of “I Want The FACS Way” by their self-titled FACS Street Boys. The firm is already looking forward to next year’s event. Forensic Analytical Consulting Services, Inc. is an industry-leading environmental health consulting firm that delivers industrial hygiene and environmental consulting services throughout the United States.
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JF: We review and discuss the financial metrics of the firm on a monthly basis with the full team, regardless of their role. As experience is gained, more specific training is given for accounting, legal, and other business-related expertise. TZL: The seller-doer model is very successful, but with growth you need to adapt to new models. What is your program? JF: Churchill commented, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those others that have been tried.” The seller-doer is similar. Even on large scales, I be- lieve the client is best served by having the person who sells the work deeply involved throughout the life of the project, hopefully lending expertise in the subject matter. Because of the psychological attachment associated with the per- sonal relationship to the client, the doer becomes extremely “bought in.” They are motivated to do their best for the cli- ent and that, in turn, is good business. TZL: Are you currently pursuing the R&D tax credit? JF: No.
believe the role of the technician will go away while the wag- es for those with other skills will go up. Those with program- ming aptitude, people and management skills, and creativ- ity, will be highly sought after. They will see higher wages and more opportunity. Those without these skills will be re- placed over time with technology. “Compensation is tied to performance for every single employee at Eclipse – from new graduates to principals. In our opinion, rewarding poor performance is the same as asking the top performers to write the company a check at the end of the year.”
TZL: Engineers love being engineers, but what are you doing to instill a business culture in your firm?
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