Levin Furniture (owned by a good Democrat) sells 15+ stores and gives every employee thousands

[Freedomofspeech]

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Of dollars in bonuses...This started as a family hardware and furniture store in Mt. PA, in 1920. They have stores throughout Western PA and Eastern Ohio. They recently sold their stores (35 total including outlets and mattress stores) to a large company from Eastern PA. Robert Levin gave each employee thousands of dollars in bonuses....not just two or thee but thousands. I knew the family as I grew up in Mt. Pleasant. They were one of the few Jewish families there and we're always kind and generous people. Robert is a big supporter of Sen. Casey. How often do you hear of such generosity? One of the dock workers said he was planning on getting married and now they can afford to have a wedding.

[Stuart G]

1. k and r...no text..

[democratisphere]

2. A dying breed of business owners that actually highly valued their employees.

[RKP5637]

3. Yep! When I started out we were told employees are our greatest asset. Now, they say employees

are their biggest liability.

[NewJeffCT]

8. yes

they say that while laying off their employees and then giving themselves a bonus for cutting 'expenses' (human beings)

[RKP5637]

12. Yep, way back companies were often your friend, at least where I worked, and they wanted you

to stay forever. Great benefits and a working together relationship. It seems in about the mid-80's it all started falling apart.

[Angry Dragon]

4. I heard of one other

The owner said that the employees helped him get where he got so they should share in the rewards

[femmocrat]

5. Nice.

I have bought a lot of furniture from Levin's over the years.

[Freedomofspeech]

6. Us, too..

[whathehell]

13. Yes, I'm from Pennsylvania

and they have been a familiar presence throughout the state.

[IronLionZion]

7. Business owners who value their employees

tend to attract the best type of employees: hardworking, loyal, good customer service, reputation, etc.

Sounds like a great company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levin_Furniture

[Scarsdale]

10. Good people.

Employers who treat their employees well, have happy productive employees. tRump would have declared bankruptcy, taken everything and left them out to dry.

[titaniumsalute]

9. Yeah the stores are here locally

I knew someone who worked there for years and liked it very much.

[whathehell]

11. Lovelyl..Excellent, exemplary folks.

We need more of them.