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Delivery Notifications:
Employee Incentive: Most customer signups for delivery notifications wins a Pit Boss Grill.
Dates: March 1st - April 30th, 2024
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Attention Managers! A Roku player is on its way to your location (some of you already have one installed). When it arrives, you will find some instructions inside. Please appoint a person to install the Roku player at your Showroom TV – it easily plugs into the back or side of your tv with a USB and an HDMI cable – everything is included in the Roku box. Once installed, you can return your thumb drive to Ashley West in BR31.
Click here to view some short visual instructions on how to navigate to the YouTube app and select the Showroom TV Playlist.
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A conversation with GMES’ EVSE Channel Manager Mike Andersen
We’re happy to bring you a special extended edition of Coffee Time, in a podcast-format. In this edition, we’re chatting with Mike about the strategy behind the forming of our in-house EV Champions, as well as important industry insights and trends. Click the image below to listen in!
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Delivery Notifications Reminder | |
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Postcards and flyers are in your branch locations, email blasts have been sent out and social media content has been posted about our Delivery Notifications capabilities.
Everyone should have also enabled the new Delivery Notification email signature.
But we still need your help in notifying your customers that this convenient and robust solution is available to them. Knowing when to expect a delivery can save both you and your customers a lot of back and forth phone and email-time. AND, with the help of Sean Jarvis, we’ve just launched a short video that we’ll be sending out to customers to help promote this capability. Check it out!
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We have an updated process for COD customer returns. Funds should be returned in the same form of payment we received originally.
- If the original sale was paid by Cash, any cash return needs to be approved by accounting over $200.00. Call the accounting hotline 4491 or e-mail [email protected] to get approval.
- If the original sale was paid for by Check, accounting needs to confirm the check has cleared our bank account first. To mail out a refund check, we will need the customer's mailing address. The check will be made out to how the name appears on the account in solar.
- If the original sale was paid with a Credit Card, the return needs to go back on a credit card.
E-mail [email protected] or call the accounting hotline 4491 with any questions.
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On 4/1/2024, GMES will have a new branch opening up in Springfield, MA!
This will be Branch 34 and the address will be:
164 Switzer Ave
Springfield, MA 01109
We would also like to welcome, Sean Callahan as the new Branch Manager position for Springfield!
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Do you know where you can access the updated phone list that comes out every month?
Aside from the email notification, you can access the phone list in Paylocity under the Self-Service Portal.
| Another location you can find a copy of the updated phone list is on SharePoint. It is located under the Documents Tab. | You can also access a copy by clicking this button below. | |
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Customer Service Tip:
Educate our customers on new products or services that we offer.
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Safety Tip:
Ensure ladders are secure and steady before climbing aboard.
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So far in 2024 GMES has incurred 23 accidents company-wide. Six of these have been vehicle accidents and 17 have been damage or injury related accidents. As we enter the 2nd quarter of the year, the GMES Safety Team asks that all employees are cognizant of their surroundings and potential hazards around them. Be sure to be lending a hand and offering help to co-workers who are moving and lifting items, and to help guide them and be a spotter for them if they are utilizing a forklift to move heavy loads. Let’s continue to work together today, towards a safer tomorrow. | |
GMES Driver Safety Update
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As we continue to gather driver data through our on-board Samsara camera systems in our trucks there are 3 main driving violations that the GMES Safety Team is seeing recorded continually, which we need our drivers to take seriously going forward.
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Mobile Device Usage: We are continuing to see high numbers of mobile device usage being recorded in our vehicles. GMES has provided drivers with cell phone holders and headsets, and we need to be utilizing these to cut down on mobile device use in the vehicles. In the previous 30 days we have had 841 recorded incidents of mobile device usage. This goes against GMES compony policy and is also illegal in all of the states we operate in. Please do your part to reduce mobile device usage in GMES vehicles.
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Rolling Stops: We have also recorded 149 instances of rolling stops in the previous 30 days. Please be sure you are coming to a complete stop at all stop signs and red lights while driving a GMES vehicle. Remember, going through stop signs or red lights at any speed is illegal in all the states we operate in.
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No Seat Belt: We have recorded 209 instances of “no seat belt” in the previous 30 days as well. Seat belts save lives, that is a proven statistical fact. Please be sure you are always wearing your seat belt when operating a GMES vehicle.
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Thank you to everyone who is participating in March Madness!
This is a record year with a total of 76 brackets entered and over $200 donated to Make-A-Wish!
Winners of the GMES bracket challenge will be announced in next month’s wire.
Tune into the championship game on Monday April 8th!
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April is "Stress Awareness" Month | |
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With April being "Stress Awareness" Month, we at GMES understand sometimes life can be stressful in both our work and personal lives. You can use some of these useful tips and tricks to help avoid stress:
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Take care of yourself - Eat a well-balanced diet, get enough sleep, and exercise on a regular basis.
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Engage in self-relaxation - Try muscle relaxation, breathing or meditation exercises, prayer, yoga, or swimming to reduce stress. Spend time with nature or listen to quiet music.
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Take breaks when needed - Especially at work, taking breaks can help you re-organize and re-energize your thoughts and focus. This will help you do your work and maintain productivity
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Seek out social support - A partner, family member, friend, counselor, doctor, or clergyperson can help lighten your mental load
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Connect with others socially - Spending time with loved ones and doing fun things can help ease the stress.
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Maintain a normal routine - Get up in the morning and go to bed at night each day at the same time. Eat three meals daily.
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Give back to others - Sometimes channeling your energy into giving – like doing community service or helping a neighbor or a friend – can channel your energy in positive ways.
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The employee assistance program is an employee benefit program that assists employees with personal problems and/or work-related problems that may impact their job performance, health, mental and emotional well-being. The flier below can further explain the benefits of this program.*
*This is free only for the full-time employees of GMES covered with the provided insurance plan through Mutual of Omaha, but ANYONE can still use this resource.
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HR currently has GMES Swag in stock that will be available to pay for at anytime through Payroll! | |
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You will be able to pay for these right through Payroll. If you are interested, you will need to complete the form below. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact HR.
The cost of each item:
- Beanies (hat) - $10.00 ea.
- Long Sleeve Shirt - $10.00 ea.
- Sweatshirts - $30.00 ea.
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Dentist/Primary Care incentive:
Did you know you can get paid to see your primary care and dentist!?!
Forms are located on the Sharepoint - Documents - Human Resources - Benefits - Dental-Health Incentive and should be returned to [email protected]. The $50 incentive will be given out as green coins in Bucketlist once BOTH visits have been completed and submitted to HR. This is open to ANY employee regardless of whether you are on the GMES Health plan or not.
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Annual Gym/Fitness reward:
At GMES You can receive a one-time $50 reimbursement for expenses related to an in-person gym membership or virtual membership that is purchased in 2024. Save your receipt and submit to [email protected]. Receipt must include a 2024 date, employee name if possible, and gym/program name. Rewards will be sent through Bucketlist as green coins. If you have any questions about whether a membership is eligible, please email HR.
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New Enrollees: The next entry date for the 401k is April 1st and enrollment is happening now!
The HR department has reached out to everyone who is newly eligible for the plan. If you didn’t hear from us, but believe you should have, please reach out to the HR department immediately!
Current Participants: Reminder that payroll contribution deferrals can be changed at any time throughout the year. GMES updated the policy so that participants don’t have to wait for each quarter to make contribution changes. In order to make these changes and to keep an eye on your account visit by clicking the button below.
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Beginning 4/1, GMES is switching medical insurance providers!
Employees who currently have health insurance with Allied should be receiving new insurance information and cards through CBA Blue. Keep your eye out for information from HR as well.
If you have any questions regarding this plan change, please reach out to Human Resources or [email protected]
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| Which country uses the most electricity annually? | | | |
| T or F: Electricity travels at the speed of light, which is 186,282 miles per second. | | | |
| What was one of the first 4 common domestic items to be powered by electricity? | | | |
*The answers to these will be mentioned in the following monthly Newsletter.* | |
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March Trivia Answers:
- Refrigerator
- Louisiana
- True
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GMES wishes all of you a very "Hoppy" Easter on March 31st! Be sure to eat yummy chocolate bunnies and candies!
*Reminder: Good Friday and Easter Monday are not GMES Holiday closures.*
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On April 8th, a Total Solar Eclipse is scheduled to take place!
No, this does not have to do with the Solar Eclipse Program we are used to using for work. This is the REAL DEAL!
Approximately between 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM, the Solar Eclipse is scheduled to take place in the Northeast!
For more information, & safety measurements, please click the pic!
To purchase Solar Eclipse Safety Viewers, please click the button below to see where they can be purchased at!
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Remember to get outside for Earth Day on April 22nd this year! | |
Fun Fact:
- Did you know, the first Earth Day was originally celebrated in 1970, when a U.S. senator from Wisconsin organized a national demonstration to raise awareness about environmental issues? By 1990, Earth Day was an event celebrated by more than 140 countries around the globe.
For more information on Earth Day's history, click the pic!
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