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Tharp Plumbing was nominated recently for the Orlando Business Journal’s 2009 Best Places to Work award. Part of the consideration for this award involved anonymous surveys all employees completed regarding their thoughts and experiences about Tharp Plumbing. The surveys measured team effectiveness, retention risk, alignment with goals, trust with coworkers, individual contribution, manager effectiveness, trust in senior leaders, feeling valued, satisfied with current role, and people practices. Overall, Tharp Plumbing scored extremely high in all categories with most rated higher than a five (six was the highest possible score).
One of Tharp Plumbing’s “Children to College” program participants Katie Sweat graduated from high school with honors May 30, 2009. Katie will join her sister Lora, who is also in the Tharp college program, at Valencia Community College. Tharp is very proud of their discipline and dedication and will continue to reward their academic achievements with college funding.
Congratulations to Richard Green for graduating from plumbing apprenticeship school! His hard work and dedication to the program will prepare him for the journeyman plumber exam. The participation of Tharp employees in the apprenticeship program this year far exceeded previous years. James Tyler, Shaun Saddler, Tyrone Boyce, Juan Cruz, Ryan Rivera, and Duane Ollett successfully completed their third year of apprenticeship! Congratulations guys, keep up the excellent work!
Balfour Beatty Construction, LLC chose Tharp Plumbing Systems as the plumbing subcontractor for the new Toho Water Authority headquarters in Kissimmee. Tharp is excited to be working with Balfour Beatty for the first time and hopes this is the start of a mutually beneficial long-term relationship.
Tharp Plumbing expanded its Drug Free Workplace policy to include random drug testing. As a Drug Free Workplace since 1980, Tharp Plumbing has always put a high priority on the safety of its employees. The addition of random testing will further strengthen and demonstrate Tharp’s commitment to employee safety. Tharp Plumbing has contracted with Florida Hospital Centra Care to run the random DFWP consortium and random selections. Having a third party administer the selection program ensures the program is non-discriminatoy and random.
