Author: reevesyoungdev

Every once in a while, you’ll hear a bell ringing in the Reeves Young office -sometimes even twice in one day. Even though the bell says “Believe” on it, it doesn’t mean Santa is on his way (although he has been known to make an appearance by helicopter at the RY office around Christmas!). The ringing of the bell is a time-honored tradition at Reeves Young that signals we have something to celebrate as a company. Our operations teams typically ring the bell when a new project has been awarded to the company -even the marketing team has rung it a time or two. The point is, we celebrate every win at Reeves Young together as a whole team, no matter who actually won the work. It is a huge morale booster to hear the bell rung, and we’ll continue to do it for every win, no matter how big or small.

At Reeves Young, a healthy work-life balance is a priority for our employees every day. Despite an uncertain start to 2020,the RY Wellness Team pressed on to implement our program in July. A variety of events were planned to engage our employees and get them back on track with their health goals for the remainder of the year.

We kicked off the initiative with a healthy breakfast –serving up fresh fruits, made to order eggs, and whole-grain breads, all while gathering feedback about what “wellness” meansto our Reeves Young team. We followed that event and “stepped it up” a notch with our first annual Steps Challenge. Participants contributed a combined 8,383,089steps over the month of July! Our Wellness Team then moved on to our first Tasty Thursday where our staff sampled heart-healthy smoothies packed with fruit and vegetables made fresh by the Wellness Team. Our RY Wellness Team plans to fill the rest of the year with even more fitness and fun.

Maintaining a positive mental attitude can be tough, particularly when the news around us is geared toward only the terrible things going on in the world. It’s often difficult to flush the stories, the worries, the images you’ve seen before you go to bed at night. Sometimes those stresses can carry into the next day, and maybe they walk right into your place of work with you.

At Reeves Young, there is a little board on the second floor of our office that makes a big impact.Every week it holds an inspirational message for our employees. Sometimes it’s something as simple as “DON’T QUIT” or “Believe in yourself and keep going”. They can also be lighthearted and fun -things like “It’s okay if you fall apart sometimes -tacos fall apart and we still love them” or “Whatever you’re doing today, do it with the confidence of a 4-year-old in a BATMAN t-shirt”.

Our team understands the need for lightheartedness and fun when everything else in the world seems heavy and sad. We do what we can to build each other up so that we can all do our jobs better, be better partners, parents, and friends. Sometimes it’s doing the small things -random acts of kindness, quotes on a board, making a difference in our daily spheres of influence -that have the biggest impact.

Reeves Young hosted it’s 2nd annual Bring Your Child To Work Day on June 12th, 2020. Our office employees were able to bring their children to the office for a day full of Safari fun. The most exciting part of the day was definitely the visit from our local Reptile Man. The RY kids were allowed to “two-finger touch” several different turtles, lizards, snakes, and frogs. The reptile man kept the attention of the curious kids for over an hour and a half. In between playing with the reptiles and creating safari-themed crafts, the children were able to bounce and play on a huge water slide.

We also had some not so conventional “children” visit on this day. Several of our employees brought in their own exotic reptiles to roam the office. Crush the African Sulcata Tortoise is owned by Rebecca Meade in our Marketing Department. With a life expectancy of 100+ years, Crush enjoyed walking around the office and eating strawberries with some fellow Reeves Young Children.