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Our AWESOME Week in Review 2.7.2014

February 7, 2014 by Jason Gazaway

Well, our Awesome Week In Review has been M.I.A. for a while. I decided it was time to bring it back since there has been so many requests for it. We hope you enjoy the peek behind the CK curtain as much as we enjoy experiencing it. So, without further ado… on to the pictures!

Switch, our mascot, is feeling a little blue lately… haha! (bad pun… ) This week we rolled out our special edition blue Switch stickers in all outbound packages. We will have a different Switch sticker every few months – different color and design. Collect them all! Submit your ideas.

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Our new CK cups started showing up around the office this week. Part of our “green” initiative was to keep the staff from having to use plastic or Styrofoam cups. Now they [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review 2.7.2014

Our AWESOME Week in Review – 7.26.2013

July 26, 2013 by Jason Gazaway

Well, we wrapped up our little CK Beard Off this week at the office. A few weeks back we posted the starting pictures in our AWIR blog. It was a close battle, but at the end of the day Geoff ended up taking the top prize! (a.k.a. he got to keep his beard!) The “Best Looking” beard went to Brian (bottom pic). Those of us with lighter colored hair did not fair well at all (pity party = over). At the end of the day we all felt the wrath of Geoff and his win, including Brian. From top to bottom, Jeremy ended up with just a plain ol’ creep mustache. Jason ended up with an “honest Abe” beard (We felt like he got off the easiest). Next up is me, I got the Fu Manchu mustache. Then there was Brian…he got the big mutton chops. Fun was had by all, and our faces are all returning to normal now. (Thank goodness!)

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This week we would like to congratulate Megan and Corey on their new positions in the CK office. Megan moved from our Inside Sales/Customer Service team over to our Purchasing team to become an Equipment Buyer. Corey moved from our Shipping team to our [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review – 7.26.2013

Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 4.19.2013

April 19, 2013 by Jason Gazaway

Well, we started this week off with a bang! It was a very busy week. We had part 2 of our quarterly meeting to go over the financials for the previous quarter, but we had something else fun in store as well! You have probably seen our little robot monkey hanging around in our emails, website, and print materials. The little fella has become a true part of the CK family and has fit right in quickly, but there has been one thing missing… a name! This week, the staff got to find out the name of the CK monkey (which they all voted on) and hear his background story. The guy is definitely a man…errr…monkey of mystery! In celebration of the monkey finally getting his name our President, Dave, led us in a toast of bananas and showed us how monkeys actually open and eat bananas – its not like you would think it would be! We are very excited about his new name and we will be sharing it with the public very soon! Stay tuned!

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Something else we were very excited about releasing this week was our new navigation for the website. Our goal was to make it easier for you, the customer, to get to what you needed quicker. We went through and re-categorized some of our product lines – like Fiber Cables, Ethernet, and Cisco Equipment – to make a little more sense and [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 4.19.2013

Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 4.12.2013

April 12, 2013 by Jason Gazaway

Well it was that time again, time for the Quarter 2 kick-off meeting! It is always a blast at these meetings…never a dull moment. This time around we kicked it off with some Chick-fil-a biscuits and then everyone got ready to get to work and start “framing up” with their Home Depot aprons. This quarter our theme is Framing Up. We have laid the foundations now we are starting to build the walls around becoming Experts in Awesome. We did a quick review of last quarter and what we were able to accomplish, we also recognized our first set of Gold Star core value award winners for Q1: It was a great meeting rolling out the plans for the quarter. We are going to be busy, but our customers and community are going to reap the benefits!

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We had a crazy amount of birthdays and CK anniversary celebrations this week! It was kind of nuts, but we sure do like to party around here. We celebrated the birthdays of [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 4.12.2013

Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 3.29.2013

March 29, 2013 by Jason Gazaway

Well, I figured I would start it out with a bang this week! Part of the office celebrated CK Preppy Day this week. Trust me when I say these guys took this seriously and it was an all out competition. One guy, Kyle (one of our Sales Account Managers), decide he was not dressed good enough so he went home and had a “costume change” and brought back his golf clubs to kick it up a notch, and then to trump everyone else he went and did a prep photo shoot at the lake. Kyle did win best overall…Congrats Kyle! Around CK it is either go big or go home, even when it comes to CK Preppy Day.

We have this new fad in our warehouse that started up this week. It seems most of the guys back there have acquired scooters and are using them to get around – not just in [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 3.29.2013

Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 3.22.2013

March 22, 2013 by Jason Gazaway

First off, I apologize for the “Awesome Week in Review” being MIA for the past week. I took a vacation day to enjoy the beautiful weather. It was amazing! But, enough about that…on to the current Awesome Week in Review!

This past weekend we had a few of our purchasing/sales guys take a little “roadtrip” down to Florida for an industry event in the CK mobile. They left at 5-dark-thirty (before any of us were up!) and drove all day. It was cool though we had a cool little 10% OFF coupon code on the back of the car – gotta take advantage of any billboard we have! The drive down seemed to inspire Carlos to wear his driving hat, but drive Jonathan to hide and sleep the whole way. (Thanks Geoff for the incriminating pictures!) There was a casualty on the trip though. Carlos’ iPhone 5 was having a great time on the trip until it took a dive off the table. Poor Carlos…what’s this, your 4th one?

We also celebrated Geoff’s (from our Purchasing Department) birthday! As with most birthday’s around here, his desk space was appropriately decorated. This would not be complete without a [Read more…] about Our AWESOME Week in Review! – 3.22.2013