By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole was honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral and the World War II monument he helped create as top leaders from both parties saluted the longtime Kansas senator’s ability to practice bare-knuckle politics without compromising his civility. Displaying a bipartisanship rare in modern government, politicians…
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If the pandemic taught employers one thing it was that its workforce is everything. The 14th annual Top Workplaces program in Orange County saw a record number of companies and organizations honored. In a year that continued to throw challenges related to COVID-19, even more companies stepped up to say their people made the difference.…
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When the pandemic sent people home in a hurry, the sudden new normal impacted both employees and clients at Seabreeze Management Co. The company largely handles planned communities with condominiums and townhomes, which last year were full of residents working from home. “They noticed little things they hadn’t before about the interior and exterior of…
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This is the 14th year The Register has partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to determine Orange County’s Top Workplaces. The results are based solely on a scientific employee survey process. Starting in late May, The Register welcomed anyone to nominate companies as Top Workplaces. Energage also reached out to companies. Any employer was eligible, as long…
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When David King sent his staff home during pandemic lockdowns, he didn’t fret about losing customers, he worried about disappointing his employees. The fast-paced pivot converted five offices, including the headquarters in Santa Ana, into 700, he said. That was no easy feat when you consider his employees handle the sensitive subject of tax debt.…
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For Joone Kim-Lopez the water business is something everyone can embrace. It’s also a place people from all walks of life can find a job. Lopez, general manager of the Moulton Niguel Water District, got her start in water after a stint as a Pasadena police officer, working in communications for a water company in…
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A phrase jumps out when Experian’s Craig Boundy explains how his company keeps its workers happy. Bring “your whole self” to work, the company tells employees. “It means be every bit of one’s self,” said Boundy, CEO of the credit report company’s North American division. “There’s complexity to everybody’s lives. There’s the subtlety in people’s…
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New American Funding was en route to another record-breaking business year in 2021, despite the pandemic and all of its challenges. The 18-year-old mortgage lender in Tustin has also grown, increasing its staff to more than 1,200 employees in Orange County and more than 4,000 employees at 200 offices in the U.S. This year, the…
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In the MemorialCare health system, each employee is considered part of “one big family,” says CEO Barry Arbuckle. And taking care of that family is job number one, he says. Because behind the hospital group’s network of doctors, hospitals and medical centers, its support staff is making the whole system run smoothly. More than 1,300…
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Cooking and serving food on a hot line with hungry, eager customers never was an easy job. Now imagine it with a face mask and gloves on. The family-owned Panda Restaurant Group employs nearly 800 people in Orange County and 40,000 worldwide. They work side by side under certain pressure every day, making fan-favorites such…
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