RISING TO THE OCCASION

the various groups from maintenance to office support staff and security as well as the compliance officer performed above and beyond their duty to get la up and running after last month's freak storm--- the power was out and there was high winds and heavy snow-- damage throughout la had to be cleaned up, water system and sewage treatment had to be brought back on line after the power failure -- these individuals and groups worked together to get la up and running in as quick as time permitted-- they did a very good job!

the absence of a manager doesn't help but all the same they did the job that was at hand

i've worked 21 years at APCI and i was in the facilities group-- maintenance and contract services was part of my group and i can tell you that whenever it was necessary these people gave their all to keep our company open and operating-- that was through fires, explosions, flooding, major system failures and blizzards and storms-- in every case the men and women from the maintenance to the security, from the grounds operations to the food services units worked double and triple shifts, coming in from vacations and days off to keep our company open and ready to operate on the next shift

many times i've heard people complain about the various services ---
but what they didn't know was what these individuals accomplished to keep apci operating during an emergency and they never saw their exemplar performance under stress and dangerous conditions-- i saw maintenance men and cleaning people (most of the cleaning didn't speak english) go into a lab building after there was a horrendous explosion to drag out lab personnel from collapsed labs, i saw maintenance men shutting off leaking 2" water lines that were flooding 4 floors of a building, the shut offs were above an electrical substation, i saw cleaning people helping to evacuate people from a burning inferno when an office building went up in flames and other times when these workers in maintenance, cleaning or security risked their own safety to help others or to save property--

so yes our workers at la do what is necessary to keep la open and operating and we members owe them our gratitude

PS --- HIRE A MANAGER!!!!!!!

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