Weird Jobs That Pay Over $125,000!

 I would apply for the golfball-diver job 😁😀😁

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LIST: Hubby's Employer Ranking for Yr 2019

My husband's company made it among the Yr 2019 TOP 10 employers (1000+ employees) in the Chicagoland area, hoorah! -- beating-out Comcast (BIL's employer), MacDonald's Corporation,  and Lou Malnati's Pizzeria (what?!!).

Who would not like a company that shuts down during the Holidays so that more family-time could be had, and gives gifts and decent bonus checks?! 

Praising God for His provision thru the years.

	Company	Sector	Years on TWP list
1	Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group	Residential Real Estate	1
2	Salesforce	Information technology	7
3	Abt Electronics	Retail sales, services	10
4	@properties	Real estate	7
5	Baird & Warner	Agents/brokers	8
6	Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises	Food	2
7	Panda Restaurant Group	Food	2
8	US Cellular	Wireless communications	4
9	Ace Hardware Corp.	Hardware	5
10	S&C Electric Co.	Electrical utility industry	1
11	Accenture	Consulting	10
12	Lou Malnati's Pizzeria	Food	10
13	William Blair	Investment banking	10
14	Discover Financial Services	Banking/financial	10
15	First Midwest Bank	Commercial Bank	3
16	Now Health Group	Supplement manufacturer	4
17	Wintrust Financial Corp.	Investment management	6
18	Comcast	Telecommunications, cable	3
19	Fifth Third Bank	Financial Services	3
20	KPMG	Public accountants	5
21	Barrington District 220	Primary/secondary schools	1
22	Rivers Casino -- Des Plaines	Gaming, entertainment	7
23	JLL	Commercial real estate	8
24	McDonald's Corp.	Food	1
25	Sargent & Lundy	Engineering	5
26	Thresholds	Nonprofit	6
27	Morningstar	Investment research	4
28	Coyote Logistics	Transportation	10
29	Aldi	Retail	3
30	Medline Industries	Health care supplies	9

Source: Energage, Chicago Tribune

Top Workplaces 2019






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Teen Survey Favorite: Chick-Fil-A Restaurant & Son

It's our AJ's Birthday! 

What a blessing this guy has been. Affectionate, likeable, generous, and now happily working for Chick-fil-A as a part-timer.

For the fourth consecutive time, Chick-fil-A came out as teens’ favorite restaurant chain in Piper Jaffrey’s 39th semi-annual “Taking Stock With Teens” survey, which aims to monitor Generation Z’s spending habits and brand loyalties.

According to the findings — which were determined by analyzing self-reported data from 9,500 subjects with an average age of 15.8 — Starbucks, Chipotle, McDonald’s and Dunkin’ followed close behind, rounding out the top five preferred places to spend cash. - Fox News

CFA Tops Ranking in Customer Satisfaction

CFA Meets its Goal of Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Purdue University Rejects Faculty Calls to Ban Chick-fil-A

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Hubby's Employment Anniversary: Gifts, Peridot and Pizza

The company celebrated with Pizza for lunch for the whole department.

There was so much that other departments had a share; and hubby took home an entire, huge uneaten Sausage pizza which we had for supper that night, yum!

That wasn't all:

A. He got his yearly bonus check $$$.  Because of the anniversary year, he  received the maximum that anyone in the company will ever get -- whether it's 40, 50, or 60+ years of employment, yay! Our upcoming overseas trip's expenses will be less with the money.  I thank God for a useful, timely cash gift.


B. Hubby could have a Recognition Gift of his choosing.  We had gotten a Keyboard, juicer, matching set of luggage, etc. in the past.  Which will it be now when there are, as usual, so very many nice items ?? Some of the choices are pictured below:

What about a gorgeous yellow and white 14k gold bracelet??! Plus, there is a warranty per the catalog:

All jewelry carries a limited lifetime warranty against manufacturer defects.

It will make for a good match to the 14k gold + peridot stones bracelet we had chosen for his 35th employment anniversary.  The gold link bracelet it is!  Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ.

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Hubby Romeo and House Doors

While there has been a recent increase in hubby's company stock valuation (read about it H E R E) -- for which we are very thankful to the Lord -- there has also been a delightful decrease:

Fewer expenses for 2019- hooorah!! Dear hubby has blessed our lives once again.  In addition to his hard-working, sacrificial tendencies, he also has a talent for words fitly spoken, gifts (chosen by yourse truly, but always within reason, lol), or a lessening of my worries:

1.  Hubby let me do the choosing among the gifts offered by his company to commemorate his employment anniversary.  He "allows" me to wear the beautiful bracelet, ha!  (stock photo, gold/Peridot bracelet)

pc: amazon

2. An extravagant-to-us Anthropologie light fixture became reality during our recent bathroom renovation -- just because *I* insisted.

Hobby Lobby oval mirrors; Anthropologie light

3. What more can I add to this loving reminder through his email?

4. I was stressing about finding affordable doors to replace our very old (read: original), taped, discoloured, dilapidated storm doors.  He took the time to search and found a set in very good condition through Craigslist. He also painted and installed them himself. It took 2+ days!

The Best Paint Color for Selling a Home

7.11.9.18

Whoa! Stock Valuation is UP!

 recent company email: The ESOP Trustee (GreatBanc Trust) has completed its annual valuation and determined the value of ___ Stock to be $5,108 per share, an increase of 30.7% from the previous valuation.  ___'s strong performance in 2017 and outlook for the future were key drivers, but other factors contributed as well.  These included a strong stock market, good performance by comparable companies, solid global economic conditions and the positive effects of the recent change in U.S. Tax rates.

The value of ___ Stock in participants' accounts in both the ___ Legacy Stock and ___ ESOP Leveraged Stock Funds, has been adjusted by Vanguard to reflect this new price.  In addition, ___ has made the necessary contributions to the ESOP Trust for Plan year 2017 and a new allocation of ___ Stock will be made to the ___ ESOP Leveraged Stock Fund accounts of all eligible KSOP participants based on the new stock value.   Both the stock price change and the new contributions will be visible in participant accounts by March 30^th.

Congratulations to our Team Member Owners!

Winning: South Korea Avoids Tariffs

McCormick to Pay Out Bonus

Are We Rich Yet?

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