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Our newest Company Newsletter is hot off the presses and hitting mailboxes this week. Here is an article I wrote for it, taking time to reflect on our busy Spring season and how we prepare. Spring marks the beginning of our industry’s busiest time. Every year this season is a hurried, but very well choreographed, series of steps and services. Time is of the essence and one misstep can delay an already crammed schedule of plantings, mulchings, mowings, and clean ups. It is for this reason that we provide every Duke’s employee with detailed training to ensure that everything goes without a hitch. We begin in early winter, when there is still snow on the ground and flakes in the air, our managers sit in…
Last month I talked about how my company, Duke’s, is working towards the goal of becoming one of New Jersey’s Best Places to Work. It’s a very introspective process but we are truly realizing what is important to our employees and in turn, Duke’s. The thing that was no surprise to us when we surveyed our employees was that they all responded that they love what they do. They might have some issues with things along the way, because let’s be honest, no company is perfect, but all in all, 99% of our employees said they truly enjoy what they do every day. That is a pretty beautiful thing as an employer. It made me and my management team brainstorm two things; 1. How…
