by Genevieve | Oct 14, 2021 | Interviews, Learn from Others
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels: 100% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) In 2016, Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels (QW) became 100% employee-owned through an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). This move made them one of...
by Genevieve | May 19, 2020 | Interviews, Learn from Others
Recology Safeguarding employee-owners and the community during COVID-19 May 1, 2020—Project Equity reached out to Julie Bertani-Kiser, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Recology, to find out how their ESOP company was responding to the health...
by Project Equity | Aug 27, 2018 | Stories
Adams and Chittenden: Mo’s Story Adams and Chittenden Scientific Glass, a twenty-five-year-old company in Berkeley, CA, is world renowned for manufacturing specialized laboratory glassware. In February 2017, co-founders Tom Adams and George Chittenden brought in...
by Project Equity | May 9, 2018 | Stories
Niles Pie: Sarah’s Story This is an interview with a worker-owner at Niles Pie in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sarah Vegas, who is a single parent to 11-year-old Attison. Due to the irregular hours and pay in her previous restaurant jobs, Sarah struggled to...
by Project Equity | Nov 3, 2017 | Stories
Home » Learn from Others Toto’s Story Interview by Elan LaLonde September 10, 2017 I’m Toto. I started working at Niles Pie in May 2015. I was hired to work at the farmers’ markets after my contract was over as a data analyst for the IRS. What made...
by Project Equity | Sep 11, 2017 | Stories
Home » Learn from Others Ren’s story Interview by Elan LaLonde August 31, 2017 Hi, I’m Ren. My full name is Rendell Boguiren. I’m Filipino American but people often mistake me for Japanese – I minored in Japanese and I love the culture so maybe that’s part of...
