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📌 Help Us Explore a FREE Financial Wellness Tool for MB Team Members
We’re exploring offering a FREE benefit that includes budgeting tools, debt payoff plan, and retirement education. This program is designed to help Merrell Bros. team members make smart, informed financial decisions, including strategies for getting out of debt and learning how to save.
If you have not already done so, please consider taking the short survey (linked above) and let us know if this is something you would be interested in. Your participation is essential in helping us determine the need for this program!
📌 Merrell Bros. Whole-Life Leadership Journey
Building Leaders. Bettering Lives.
The Whole Life Leadership Journey is for every Merrell Bros. team member, no matter your role or title. Guided by the teachings of The Way of the Shepherd, it is designed to help you grow as a leader and as a person by focusing on faith, character, stewardship, and life beyond the job. This journey is about becoming the best version of yourself, at work and at home.
Your Weekly Intentional Practice:
“Try to lighten someone’s load this week by taking one task off their plate, big or small, to make their day a little easier.“
📌 Weekly Photo & Video Contest | Week 13 Winner
🏆 Congrats to Thomas Powell!
Congrats to this week’s Photo/Video Contest winner, Thomas Powell, for this photo of a silhouetted excavator towering on the bank of a lagoon at sunset with the orange sky fading into blue.
Keep the submissions coming for your chance to earn MB Awards, and work your way up the leaderboard! Want to participate in this week’s photo contest? It’s really easy! See details on how to submit your pics below.
Leaderboard
Leaderboard Scoring Breakdown (Event Showcase Challenge Winner = 100 Points, Weekly Winner = 25 Points, Honorable Mention = 10 Points)
📌 How to Participate to Start Earning Extra MB Awards Points
The Merrell Bros. company-wide photo and video contest that gives you the opportunity to earn MB Awards points bonuses, have your photos featured online, and compete with coworkers as you rack up wins and climb the leaderboard for even more bonuses!
How It Works
- Submit your photos and videos each week.
- If we use your photo or video on social media, the website, or in any marketing materials, you earn MB Awards points — no limit on how many times you can earn.
- Multiple submissions = more chances to earn.
- Each week, we will announce our “Photo (or Video) of the Week” contest winner on social media and in the weekly update text.
- We may also highlight additional weekly honorable mentions, which will also earn MB Awards points if used in marketing materials (social media posts, website, signage, etc.).
- We’ll track participation and highlight Top Contributors on a running leaderboard, occasionally running competitions and giving you chances to earn even more!
What to Send
Any cool, interesting, fun, etc. pictures or videos from around the company. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Job site action shots
- Team moments
- Equipment in use
- Cool project highlights
- Scenic shots featuring Merrell Bros., Inc. or FloridaGreen logos
There’s no wrong submission — just have fun with it.
How to Enter Your Pictures/Videos
- Reply to the weekly company update text message with your pictures/videos.
- Email them to Marketing at [email protected].
🎧 Solid Start Podcast | Weekly Devotional
Overview: On this week’s episode of Solid Start, Brian and Greg sit down with Travis Ray, electrician at Merrell Bros., to hear his powerful testimony of how God led him exactly where he needed to be. Travis shares how God’s plans don’t always look like our plans, and how walking in obedience, even when it’s unexpected, opens the door to incredible blessings. Tune in for an encouraging conversation about faith, trust, obedience, and being a blessing to others.
Hosted by: Greg Reed & Brian Hertzog
Special guest: Travis Ray
🌐 Listen on your favorite platform:
solidstart.buzzsprout.com
Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and more.
📅 Reminders
✅ We are hiring! There are multiple positions open within the company. If you know anyone that would be a good fit, please encourage them to visit our careers page to apply!
✅ Don’t forget to complete your assigned Paycom training modules.
🙏 How Can We Support You in Prayer This Week?
If you have a prayer request, click here to share how we can pray for you.
Until next week… stay kind, stay safe, and keep doing great work!
