Quarter 3: 2023 NEWSLETTER
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UPCOMING DAYS OFF
Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 23rd
&
Friday, November 24th
Christmas Eve
Friday, December 22nd
Christmas Day
Monday, December 25th
New Year's Day
Monday, January 1, 2024
NEW & NOTEWORTHY
Welcome Badger Toyotalift
On October 1, 2023, Badger Toyotalift became part of the Atlas Family!
Badger Toyotalift opened for business in 1969, since their inception, they have expanded their service and product offerings to create a comprehensive forklift dealership which allows them to fulfill the ever-changing customer needs.
From their current location in New Berlin Wisconsin, Badger has proudly supplied Southern Wisconsin clients with their forklift and material handling products and services. Badger has a long history of excellent customer service, and we look forward to welcoming their outstanding team.
Food Trucks
Our Employee Appreciation event was a flavorful fiesta! We brought in 2 delicious food trucks to Elk Grove, Bedford Park, and Minnesota locations. A big thank you to our amazing team for all that you do!
Illinois: Smokin' BBQ Kitchen and Cooks Ice Cream
Elk Grove Village
Bedford Park
Minnesota: O'Cheeze and What's The Scoop?
Take a Trip Down Memory Lane
Let's stroll down memory lane, savoring summer's sweet moments. 🌞 We are grateful for the 468 amazing attendees who participated. For those who missed out, we'll catch you next year!
Bobcat Cookoff
Our Atlas Bobcat Grilling Crew brought the heat and sizzled their way to victory at the Great Lakes Construction Association Cookoff!
Check out the Cookoff Crew:
White Sox Night
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Our past White Sox game for our employees was a home run of an occasion. It was a great time for our hardworking team to come together, relax, and enjoy some quality time outside of the office. Here's to winning moments beyond the scoreboard!
SALES
Top Performers (Q2)
SERVICE
Platinum Level Certification
Only 39 technicians throughout the country achieved this level this year, so almost 10% were Atlas technicians.
Craig O'Dowd (MN) finished top 10 of the country!
Eric Howland (Bedford Park)
Eric Sossong (Batavia)
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Role/ Title Updates
July - September
ATMH
Bob Rades --- Road Technician to Lead Road Technician/ Trainer --Brooklyn Park, MN
Bobcat
Austin Smith -------- Utility Technician to Service Technician --- Wauconda, IL
Corey Lago --------- Utility Technician to Service Technician --- Elk Grove Village, IL
New Hires
July - September
Atlas First Access
Francisco Herrera Shop Technician
Harry Thompson Shop Technician
Richard Mirabella Shop Technician
Stephen Sanchez Technician
Viviano Caballero Shop Technician
ATMH
Alina Jahnke Marketing Associate ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Anne Baricz Marketing Manager ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Anthony Fini Shop Technician ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Francisco Bravo Field Technician ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Richard Ramos Shipping/ Receiving ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Robert Maroney Truck Driver ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Max Mattione Account Manager ----- Bedford Park, IL
Luke Aswegan Shop Technician ----- Byron, IL
Bailey Gregg Rental Coordinator ----- Brooklyn Park, MN
Ken McNamara Service Office Support ----- Brooklyn Park, MN
Lernard Anderson Building Maintenance ----- Brooklyn Park, MN
Stacy Utt Parts Office ----- Brooklyn Park, MN
Bobcat
Lucky Kuthe Utility Technician ----- Wauconda, IL
Ahmad Muhamad Bobcat Technician ----- Mokena, IL
Mohammad Kudos Utility Technician ----- Mokena, IL
Angel Hernandez Utility Technician ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Jordan Lojewski Utility Technician ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Matt Meier Utility Technician ----- Elk Grove Village, IL
Check Us Out!
Congress Visits Bobcat!
We were thrilled to have hosted Indiana’s 1st District Congressman, Frank Mrvan at our Atlas Bobcat Merrillville, IN location. We had a productive visit discussing local business, community growth, and shared common goals.
Larry Reaches 500k!
Meet Larry, our Bobcat truck driver! Larry recently reached 500k miles with his freightliner truck. For over 15 years, Larry has been delivering Bobcat equipment. He is a former Navy veteran with three children and a passion for rock music. Larry's daily contributions to our company make us proud to have him as part of our team.
Here’s to another 500k miles!
MHEDA Visits Toyota!
We recently hosted the fully booked 2023 Rental and Used Management Conference organized by MHEDA! This event proved to be an extraordinary triumph. Thank you to all the volunteers and speakers who made this event memorable!
Quarter 2 Sales Meeting!
Congratulations to our sales team, you are doing a fabulous job!
WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING
Kevin Bjick and Bill Bezenar
Sales, ATMH MN
Review:
"...Your work has made the difference between being forced to down the company or to go after what we believe is possible."
“...Your area of expertise is so beyond anything I have experience with, I can't express how personally helpful it is to have people I can trust to look out for our best interests and help keep us in business.”
Jaime Munguia
Training Instructor
Review:
“... Jaime did great at explaining topics and had a laid-back approach which helped beginners feel comfortable when doing on-hand training.”
As an experienced operator, I found that the training class was a great refresher of the important aspects when operating a forklift. Jaime did great at explaining topics and had a laid-back approach which helped beginners feel comfortable when doing on-hand training. He even called me out on my mistakes and corrected them immediately. Very good teacher.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Hi everyone,
Don’t forget, Atlas has a referral bonus program in place for all Service Technician roles. If you know someone you think would be a good fit, we’d love to talk to them.
For any referred individual who is hired into a Service Technician role, we pay the following:
Referral bonus of up to $2,500
$500 payable after 3 months of referred employee’s hire date and the remaining $2,000 payable after 6 months of referred employee’s hire date. The referred and referring associates must both be actively employed by Atlas at time of bonus payment.
This includes ALL Technicians for Atlas Toyota Material Handling, Atlas First Access and Atlas Bobcat.
Managers are NOT eligible for the referral bonus program.
Also, check out all of our current openings!
MARKETING
Hello Atlas Team,
Marketing will be hosting our first-ever employee headshot event at the Elk Grove and Bedford Park locations. This will be a department-run event to help promote your LinkedIn presence.
Headshot Event Details: Click on RSVP Here to register for a time slot.
Elk Grove Village: Tuesday, October 24th RSVP HERE
Bedford Park: Wednesday, October 25th RSVP HERE
Time: Both locations
8 AM- 4 PM
If you have any questions, please contact the marketing department.
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🐶 PET SPOTLIGHT🐱
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Meet Alina Jahnke 🏀
Marketing Associate, ATMH | Elk Grove Village, IL
Alina is an avid basketball player. She started playing when she was 7 years old in elementary school with her best friend, Aiske. For 10 years, Alina played with the same team and coach until she decided it was time to try something new and came to the U.S to play college ball.
Alina is grateful for all the opportunities basketball has given her such as the opportunity to travel and discover the world. It first started with traveling to cities closer to home like Vienna, Valencia and Prague, which later turned into opportunities like the U.S. Alina also got to play professional 3 x 3 games last summer. One of Alina's goals is to play a basketball tournament in Montreal or China.
Meet Donna Malecha
Office Coordinator & Receptionist, ATMH | Brooklyn Park , MN
Donna and her husband Bill love to spend their free time hiking and capturing different sceneries with their cameras. Donna's passion with photography first started by her taking pictures of her children during sporting events. One of her favorite things about photography is the ability to connect with new people. Donna had the privilege to shoot and book exclusive engagement pictures at the St. Paul Landmark.
Donna had the opportunity to capture various shoots such as weddings, engagements and senior pictures. Donna
and Bill have received several awards for their photography and were featured in the local weather (Karen 11) 2019 Fresh Water Society Minnesota Weather guide calendar.
Check out Donna's and Bill's beautiful pictures and Website
Community Events
Ofrenda Halloween Festival
Location: 6254 S Archer Rd., Summit, IL, 60501
Join Summit's Park District in their three day event. Enjoy a spooky movie on Friday, party like a rockstar on Saturday and honor the dead on Sunday! Don't forget to reserve your tickets with the link!
Haunted Hoffman Family Fest
Enjoy inflatables, giant yard and carnival games, face painting, temporary tattoos, food truck, music, disc golf, free fishing, and more! Come in costume and enjoy a fun day!
Date: Saturday October 21st
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: 1704 Glen Lake Rd.
Hoffman Estates,60169
Holiday Tree Lighting
The annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony welcomes the winter holiday season with refreshments and cookies, holiday concert, fireworks, tree lighting and Santa's arrival.
Date: Friday November 24th
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: 901 Wellington Avenue
Anniversaries🎉
JULY - SEPT
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