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July 14, 2011 The King Lives—in North CarolinaFiled under: Best Places to Work Road Trip 2011 From Counselor’s Melinda Ligos, as she hits the road for the 2011 Best Places to Work Summer Road Tour …
Lest you think that all of this activity is frivolous (and working at Brand Fuel is lots of fun, the employees tell us), it’s clear that Rosin and Fiveash carefully plan every event, and attach a purpose to it. “We really try to re-invent ourselves with every event that we do,” Fiveash says. “It’s all about getting the creative juices flowing.” And that’s clearly what the duo has pulled off at this morning’s event. As the band members start unplugging their equipment and employees rush around cleaning up the morning feast, there’s excitement in the air. One group is readying the conference room for a marathon brainstorming session, in which they’ll need to come up with a program to help Citizen’s Bank (one of the company’s many large accounts) come up with a plan to acquire high-wealth customers from a Fortune 500 competitor. Rosin and Fiveash already have some great ideas as to how to help Citizens get the job done. But if the duo happens to hit a snag during today’s session—well, they’ve always got The King to help them out. 0 CommentsLeave a Comment |
There was no need for cups of coffee at our early-morning stop to 
As we nosh on animal-shaped waffles and fresh fruit with employees during a “Kick Summer in the Face breakfast” (Rosin and Fiveash want to motivate employees to push through the summer slump), Brand Fuel’s staffers regale us with stories of last Halloween, where employees were encouraged to pull pranks on one another the week leading up to the big day, which is celebrated with a rousing costume contest at the local waffle house. Each year, the antics get bigger. Last year, a vegetarian’s office was filled with chicken legs; an environmentalist entered his space to find trees with daggers in them; and one unfortunate woman found her office filled with balloons—and nail clippings from multiple staffers.