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Category: People & Culture

CES Clermont: Uniquely suited to deliver for Rozar Electric, IDEA Public Schools

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Trust is the highest form of human motivation. It brings out the very best in people,” Stephen Covey once said. The…

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Mike Bertone celebrates 30th anniversary at CES

Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen Regional Manager Mike Bertone started out as a driver in 1991, he’d tell you one thing about his future at…

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David Snyder celebrates 25 years at CES

Reading Time: 7 minutes“When I went into the interview, I was willing to drive a truck,” said David Snyder, the Controller for the Florida…

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Not your normal construction job for CES Kissimmee

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the coming weeks, steel beams will crisscross all the way up to over 400 feet in the air. The ICON…

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Around the world with Global CFO Phil Flaherty

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen Phil Flaherty first joined City Electric Supply in 1988, he started out as an office assistant in the Isle of…

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Arizona District Manager Debra Sheridan celebrates 25th anniversary at CES

Reading Time: 6 minutesBefore her 25-year career at City Electric Supply, before she became only the second female to run her own district in…

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CES Dunn: The right people in the right town

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen District Manager Joey Barefoot relocated an existing branch and opened up CES Dunn, it was not a normal move. They…

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CES Dade City: Every day is a snow day at Snowcat Ridge

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Florida, Dade City is about to have a lot more snow in its future forecast — but only on a…

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Generac Blitz: 54 branches. Six ATVs. One awesome deal.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGoodbye, power outages. Hello, Suzuki KingQuad 400 ASI. These same words were probably said by hundreds of customers last fall in…

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Dave Hansson goes above and beyond

Reading Time: 3 minutesA lot of branches talk about going above and beyond for their customers. They stay later, they work harder, and at…

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Flowers in the winter: One florist’s gift to CES Oklahoma City West

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the dead of winter, a bouquet of lively spring flowers arrived for City Electric Supply Oklahoma City West. “We were…

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How one CES employee is supporting young men without fathers

Reading Time: 4 minutesCity Electric Supply (CES) Hutto Branch Manager Arthur “Buzz” Carruth has spent the last 18 years as the Texas program director…

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CES Picks: The not $10,000 winner

Reading Time: 3 minutesMost seasons, we have one CES Picks $10,000 winner. And this year, well, we technically had none. It’s not because nobody…

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Klein Tools Blitz: For the Belt

Reading Time: 3 minutesEvery year in October, branches in Wisconsin, Chicago West, Chicago, and Northern Indiana battle it out for the title of the…

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CES Orlando Central: We’re not like anybody else

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen Branch Manager Robert Burrows was given a chance to open CES Orlando Central in the actual heart of Orlando, he…

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City Electric Supply wraps up 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutesToday, almost a full year after our nationwide shutdown, we’re revisiting some of the highlights from around the company. In this…

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CES team member donates one lunch break a week to Meals on Wheels

Reading Time: 5 minutesMore than 130 hours of volunteer work, and almost 2,000 meals delivered for Meals on Wheels since 2016. For most people,…

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CES team member uses holiday gift budget to support local organizations

Reading Time: 2 minutes“Driving past Metropolitan Ministries, I saw a lot of people in line to get food,” said CES Land o’ Lakes Outside…

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CES Gardner: A family to anyone who walks through the door

Reading Time: 2 minutesOne day, an older woman and her son walked into the Concord Electric Supply branch in Gardner, Massachusetts, for a new…

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The best is yet to come: Tanner Poore joins the CES team

Reading Time: 3 minutes“Success is a three-legged stool,” said City Electric Supply District Manager Don Corbett. What he meant was that there are three…

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Seven CES branches come together to collect coats for the Salvation Army

Reading Time: 2 minutesAs it got colder heading into the winter season, City Electric Supply District Manager Gary Tubbs was thinking about families without…

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Barry Hackett celebrates 25 years at CES

Reading Time: 5 minutesMost people don’t work for the same company for 25 years, but CES Orlando West Operations Manager Barry Hackett isn’t like…

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CES and MCG Industrial invent new lighting control for Sunbelt Rentals

Reading Time: 3 minutesSunbelt Rentals knew they needed a lighting control product that didn’t exist yet. What they didn’t know was that just a…

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CES New Port Richey supports community in holiday raffle

Reading Time: 2 minutes“Without our community, we wouldn’t be here,” said CES New Port Richey Branch Manager Justin Torregrossa. Knowing this, the New Port…