National Working Parents Day is a holiday set aside to celebrate all those raising a family while juggling a career. In honor of the holiday, which was Friday the 16th, we asked our team members to share their perspectives on what it’s like to be a parent while working at Millwood, both the challenges and advantages.
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Back to school can be a challenging time for parents as much as it is for their children. Adjusting to a new schedule and gathering all the needed supplies puts weight on parents’ shoulders during this transitionary time. Millwood hopes to ease some of that weight by giving back to our team members and communities.
Millwood is hiring, and our positions have never been easier to find and apply for. Millwood has over 30 locations across the country with opportunities for advancement at each one, including our corporate office in Vienna, OH.
Millwood is a dog-friendly company, and our corporate office in Vienna, OH has long been welcoming to our team members' dogs. According to the American Heart Association , studies show that having pets in the workplace reduces stress and anxiety and increases employee satisfaction at work. Pets are a beloved part of the family, and at Millwood, family is a priority.
Guided by prayer and a desire to meet the spiritual needs of our team members, Millwood recently introduced a new Bible study called Back Side of the Cross. The lessons are publicly available on our YouTube channel and associated Facebook group for anyone to learn from , whether they are part of the Millwood family or not.
How do we avoid losing pallets? Considering that there are nearly two billion pallets in circulation each day, keeping track of each one of them is simply not feasible. However, lost pallets add up. According toPackaging Revolution, the cost of replacing lost packaging, including pallets, cost American businesses between $750 million and $1 billion per year. One cause of these losses is theft.
Millwood’s Cleveland, TN operations opened its doors four years ago, and since then, it has remained an accident-free facility.
Summer is in full swing, and many parts of the U.S. are facing record-high temperatures and heat waves. Those who work in physical ly-demanding jobs are especially vulnerable to heat-related illnesses , and that includes many of the team members at our facilities across the country.
Senior Controls Technician Tyler Wallace recently earned a certificate from Rockwell Automation. Rockwell Automation is an American provider of industrial automation, including programmable logic controllers and other automation products in use at Millwood. They also provide product-specific educational courses as a way to support their customers.
In a recent blog post , we explored how automation, AI and robotics are helping to fortify the supply chain against future disruptions. As a critical link i n the supply chain, pallet manufacturing also benefits from automated processes, and Millwood is no exception.
