Just 2 days ago, a married couple who work together here in the office at Gentle Giant had their second child together. Congratulations to Tom and Carolyn on the birth of their son William, who joins his older sister Ava among the ranks of the luckiest babies on Earth because of who they have as parents!
I'm personally quite overjoyed about this news, and it reminds of what a unique work environment Gentle Giant has, which really focuses on the development of great personal and professional relationships. In our company we have countless couples, who met on the job, in long-term committed relationships. Many of these couples now have children (affectionately referred to as our littlest Giants). We espouse to have a very family-like atmosphere here, and I think the fact that so many actual families exist here is proof positive of that.
At Gentle Giant we value relationships above almost everything else, and I don't mean romantic, intimate relationships. I'm talking about relationships with customers, coworkers, employees, managers, vendors, neighbors, community leaders, and virtually anyone with whom we share resources, time or space (even other drivers on roads where we take our trucks!). As a result, naturally we have as many quirks as a real giant family, but we also have a tremendous feeling of loyalty and security. Whatever tensions or conflicts arise, we know that our colleagues support us at the end of the day, and that feeling of safety allows us to focus on our jobs and our goal of helping our customers, and not focus on internal politics or selfish interests.
Congrats again to Tom and Carolyn and all of Gentle Giant on our growing happy family.
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