Start with a "rock star" employee


Our success in Anderson can, in some ways, be attributed to the fact that it was a “start-up”. Recognizing that most places of employment are already in existence, we took this lesson from existing distribution centers. In these places, the success of management’s initiative to hire people with disabilities was higher with a worker who had the ability to do the job and also had an out-going, pleasant personality (as gauged by co-workers).