Employee Awards During Christmas Luncheon at Imperial

by mmathews on 12/30 at 07:19 PM

The annual Christmas luncheon was fun and a number of employees received performance awards for 2009.

The year 2009 was interesting for Imperial. But even with the economic downturn affecting our customers, everyone at Imperial pulled together and kept business moving.



On December 23rd, we all took a work break and gathered in the loading bay of the plant to enjoy a Christmas luncheon with all the trimmings.



Rick handed out raffle tickets to everyone for the after-luncheon raffle.



The loading bay is the only space in the plant large enough to hold all the Imperial employees at one sitting, especially when there are tables and food involved.



The sound system made it easy to hear the awards and year-end congratulations.



Our CFO, Justin, presented awards for reaching financial goals.





Rick and Dave were joined by Justin in handing out awards for production excellence.



Ken Rhoads was recognized for his contribution to a successful year. Ken took on a second job to streamline operations in our warehouse and shipping.



Every year someone loses the big bet on whether Oregon or Oregon State will win the Civil War football game. The winning team of the game has their team flag flown above the loading bay, but the loser of the bet has to appear in the opposing teams colors during lunch. There’s always next year!



Founder Al Zell spoke for a minute about the changes he has seen since he started the company 40 years ago and now that Imperial reached 100% ESOP status one year ago.



Following the raffle, where some lucky winners received tickets to Portland Blazer games and an assortment of other prizes, everyone lined up to pick up this year’s company gift, a 1/4-zip sweatshirt branded with the Imperial logo.

The luncheon closed out 2009 on a very positive note, a tough year that saw lots of success and growth for Imperial. Now we can look forward to a great 2010.

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