Waste Pro USA of Longwood, Florida, is kicking off the new year by rewarding safety. Two helpers in Waste Pro’s Southwest Florida region have become the first recipients of the $5,000 Helper Safety Performance Bonus, a three-year performance bonus program launched in January 2016.
The first recipient of the award was Emanuel Edmondson, a helper in Waste Pro’s Bradenton/Sarasota division. Waste Pro President Sean Jennings, who previously served as the Sarasota division manager, worked closely with Edmondson and saw first-hand Edmondson’s dedication to his job.
“In the nearly three years I worked with Emanuel, he was always available to work,” Jennings says in a press release. “We had to explain to him that he would not be letting us down by taking a vacation day.”
To receive the bonus, helpers must be employed full-time, maintain a clean truck and go three years with no unscheduled absences, customer complaints, property or vehicle damage, rule violations or driver-caused breakdown.
In the Fort Myers division, helper Guins Menelus was named the second bonus recipient. A 12-year veteran of the division, he “has been a rock-steady member of our team,” says Division Manager Bill Jones.
In addition to the new helper bonus, Waste Pro says it is the only private company in the U.S. that offers a $10,000 Safety Award to its drivers. Waste Pro has awarded more than $3.5 million to its drivers since beginning the award program in 2004.