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QuikTrip Shines on Job Security One of nine U.S. companies that have never had layoffs
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TULSA, Okla. -- Nine U.S. companies on the Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 2009 are noted as the companies with the best job security, according to a report by KJRH-TV. These nine companies have never had layoffs, added Huliq News.
Tulsa, Okla.-based convenience retailer QuikTrip came in at No. 4 on the list.
The full list includes:
Nugget Market.
Devon Energy- Oklahoma City.
AFLAC.
QuikTrip.
The Container Store.
Nustar Energy.
Stew Leonard's.
Scottrade.
Publix Super Markets.
The QuikTrip brand has grown to about 530 stores in nine states, employing 11,000 people. In 2008 the company offered 1,400 new jobs to the public, the report said.
"We have about 15 to 16 new stores in markets under construction," QuikTrip spokesperson Mike Thornbrough told the news outlet.
More than 200 QuikTrip employees have worked with the company for more than 20 years.
Royce Hubble works at a Tulsa QuikTrip location. "I tell customers this is the best entertainment on the planet and they pay me to watch it," he told KJRH.
Hubble has worked with the retailer for 29 years, said the report. It started as a job to get him through school. "I had no intention of staying. It was a job to get me though school and once I got through school I planned to go back to Tennessee," he said. He never left Tulsa and has been working for QuikTrip ever since.
"Hopefully, you can see that in the stores the employees are happy. They have a smile on their face and say thank you," said Thornbrough.
The company i2 know for taking care of its employees. It recently opened its second health clinic serving its employees and their families. (Click here for previous CSP Daily News coverage.)
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"We have about 15 to 16 new stores in markets under construction," QuikTrip spokesperson Mike Thornbrough told the news outlet.