And Down The Stretch, They Come… Life has finally leveled out after a year of ups and downs during the COVID pandemic, and it is time for a night out - an Employee Night Out! And what better way to say Thank You to not only staff but their significant others than a night [...]
There's a laundry list of things we take pride in, but we can sum it up simply: We can build anything; we build it well. In fact our capabilities for building exceed the ideas that one team of designers can dream up- and if only we had time to explore all the creative ideas that [...]
2019 Feats of Strength Yesterday we took some time for some fun with the annual feat of strength. We started with a tug of war; the shop team won by a narrow margin! Then we had a rowdy round of volleyball; some of the rules may have been followed. This is how [...]
Two weeks ago my favorite upholsterers showed me the drawings for a new booth they were about to build. They were excited about the upcoming challenge- neither had ever done a booth quite like this before. Today they both stood back to survey their handiwork with me, and finally a well deserved pat on [...]
Every month we have a lunch together as a company, usually on a Friday. We talk about the projects that we're working on, challenges, goals, etc. Sometimes this monthly lunch can turn into smack-talk regarding certain softball teams... however for our June lunch last week it dissolved into not softball, but an impromptu [...]
On Saturday Randall and Cindy treated us, their employees, to a nice dinner and some fantastic entertainment, celebrating another great year of working together. Having a look back, what a terrific year it's been! We have doubled our customer base, doubled our workforce and built it into a stellar team, and we have really focused on building quality [...]
Santa made his 2nd annual visit to Minnesota Millwork and Fixtures on Saturday to visit our employees' families. Few if any warnings for behavior were issued; it appeared everyone who came made the nice list this year! Where else can one chat with the big man in a 42" glazed black tufted round booth? [...]
All work and no play... well you fill in the blank. Our guys have been giving it all lately, October was a busy month for us and our team pushed it. To thank them, we organized a little field trip on Wednesday. Everyone was told to bring one of the following to work and keep [...]
