Thankful for an Increase in Retirement Money $$ via My Hubby

Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for your provision and care! 

Dear  Team Member,

 

Duff & Phelps (an independent valuation firm) and the ESOP Trustee (GreatBanc Trust) have completed their annual valuation and determined the value of ❤ Stock to be $9,491 per share, an increase of 35% from the previous valuation of $7,022. The value of 一 stock in participants’ accounts in both the❤ Legacy Stock and ❤ ESOP Leveraged Stock Funds will be adjusted by Vanguard and reflected in participants’ accounts by the end of next week.

 

The full announcement is attached to this message and will also be available in the Virtual Town Hall Documents Library, linked to an announcement on SourceOne, and posted on bulletin boards.

 

This message has been sent on behalf of A. S.

 

Best regards,

 

Information Technology Service Desk Chicago, Illinois 60626

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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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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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6 Degrees of Separation

This showed up on my Facebook wall, and I was honestly perplexed.  Who in the world took this picture; and knew to forward it to our son, who in turn forwarded it to me?  The answer below ...

Chris  knows our son through their mutual employment with the Youth Camp in WI a few years back. Plus, our son was his wedding photographer.  Chris and his wife are also friends with our daughter-in-laws relatives here in  the area. Chris  will continue his connection to Jared as he's been hired by hubby's  company as a temp in the Design Department.  It's a small world after all!

PS:  Hubby's heart-felt words really touched my heart!