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little extra in their paycheck to help take the sting
out of gas prices.”
Moving forward together
Barb Redman, who works in customer service
and inside sales for Magnum, echoes management’s
sentiments that employees are treated like people.
“A week after I first started, my mom had
congestive heart failure,” recalls Redman, who began
at the company in 2004. “They were so nice about
giving me the time off to deal with all that, even though
I’d only been here a week or so. There’s closeness in
the company and it’s definitely family-first.
“I’d worked for other companies in the trucking
industry before I started here, and those companies
are generally bigger; you don’t feel the one-on-one
(camaraderie) like you do here,” she offers. “Even
though everybody has different personalities,
everyone here seems to really get along.”
Zack adds that a Christian-oriented culture helps keep
morale high during difficult times and that the company
strives to make its industry – and the world – a better place.
“(Sharp) is a Christian and tithes 20% every year off the
top to a number of different charities,” she explains. ”He’s said
he wants to leave the business to (current employees) when
he’s gone, and he just asks that we continue the tithe.
“These beliefs aren’t something that are pushed on people
(who may not share the same sentiments), but it makes it a
comforting place to be,” Zack clarifies. “It’s just a great place to
come and work every day.”
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317.558.6299 or 800.382.5414
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any FORUM branch location
Faith plays a major role at Magnum – and owner Jim Sharp took a leap of faith in
2009 by asking management and staff to take pay cuts to avoid layoffs during
lean times.