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CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2023

Customer Service Week is Cushing’s weeklong celebration of our teammates, a little like a spirit week. We pick a theme, play games, dress up, and hand out awards for a job well done in the previous year. This year, we got back to our roots with a

Chicago theme! 🌭

Daaa Sports

The first day of Customer Service Week 2023 was Daaa Sports! We asked that everyone come dressed to represent their favorite Chicago sports team or player. We also played a few rounds of Pin-the-Glasses-on-Harry-Caray!

Check out some of our favorite photos of the day below!

Daaa Sports

HELLO, SPORTS FANS!

Chicago’s Very Own

NEXT UP WAS CHICAGO’S VERY OWN, WHERE WE ASKED FOLKS TO DRESS AS ACTORS, BANDS, AND HISTORICAL FIGURES WHO COME FROM CHICAGO!

Rubab even dresses as our very own David Parkes! Did you know David’s an actor?! You may have seen him on Chicago Med or caught him in a play at Timeline Theatre!

Chicago’s Very Own

CAN YOU NAME THESE FAMOUS CHICAGOANS?

Chicago Events

Wednesday was dedicated to beloved Chicago events!

From the St. Patrick’s Day Parade to Lollapalooza, the Air & Water Show, and everything in between, Chicago events were very well represented!

Chicago Events
Chicago's Best

THURSDAY WAS ALL ABOUT SHOWS, BOOKS, AND MOVIES BASED IN CHICAGO. HONORABLE MENTIONS TO THE BEAR, SHAMELESS, TOM SKILLING, THE MATRIX, AND MORE!

Chicago's Best

DESE, DEM, DOSE

FINALLY WE MADE IT TO FRIDAY, A FREESTYLE DAY WHERE WE COULD COME AS ANYTHING THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH CHICAGO!

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GREAT TURN OUT WITH APPEARANCES FROM THE FIELD MUSEUM, EL MILAGRO TORTILLAS, CHICAGO PIZZA, THE CUBS, AND MORE!

CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2023 AWARDS

Friday night we celebrated our annual company party and award ceremony!

We celebrated anniversaries and handed out awards at our block party-themed party. Employees are recognized for going the extra mile and working hard every day throughout the year.

CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK 2023 AWARDS
MVC (MOST VALUABLE CO-WORKER 2023)

Also known as Most Valuable Coworker, the Cushing team votes in a secret ballot for their MVC pick.

These are the people who we can always count on, no matter how busy they get! This year, our winners were…

  1. Meagan Arizpe

  2. Luis Garcia

  3. Mariano Montes

  4. Michelle Ward

  5. Sharika Conyers

MVC (MOST VALUABLE CO-WORKER 2023)
2023 Rookie of the Year

Winners of rookie of the year are new team members who have made an impact! 2023 brought us quite a few new coworkers, so this was a tough race!

  1. Dani Moll Toste

  2. Joe Ott

  3. Sam Bochnia

2023 Rookie of the Year
2023 Mike Duff Award

The late Mike Duff was a Cushing leader who was always anticipating the next customer need. Not only passionate about new technology, he was creative about developing new uses for equipment already on the shop floor – and extremely enthusiastic about customer service. (He was also a lover of bonsai trees!)

THIS YEAR’S WINNER OF THE MIKE DUFF AWARD IS Meagan Arizpe!

2023 Mike Duff Award
2023 Carl Hansen Award

The consummate professional, Carl Hansen was known for being a most thoughtful co-worker, great listener, and calm advisor to his peers regardless of their position in the company.

 

He was also an avid painter, so the winner of this award is given a Carl Hansen original!

THE 2023 CARL HANSEN AWARD GOES TO Rubab Akhtar!

2023 Carl Hansen Award
2023 Go the Extra Mile

Customers and coworkers who want to recognize an employee can email: gotheextramile@cushingco.com throughout the year. Votes are tallied and awards are presented at our company party.

THIS YEAR’S WINNERS WERE:

  1. Randy Johnson

  2. Meagan Arizpe

  3. Rubab Akhtar

  4. Luis Garcia

  5. Diane Zaccagnini

2023 Go the Extra Mile
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Here’s to another great year! These employees celebrated milestones in 2023!

Renee Castro – 5 years

Stephanie Ferguson – 5 years

Sharika Conyers – 10 years

Matthew Cushing – 15 years

David Parkes – 25 years

Brian Burke – 30 years

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

More Chicago Themed Fun!

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Already Thinking About the Next One?

THANKS FOR READING! WHAT WILL OUR THEME BE NEXT YEAR? STAY TUNED!

IN THE MEANTIME, CHECK OUT PREVIOUS CELEBRATIONS.

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