{"id":20688,"date":"2019-12-23T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/companys-christmas-bonuses-bring-workers-to-tears\/"},"modified":"2019-12-24T09:05:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:05:41","slug":"grand-lake-plumbing-and-heatings-christmas-bonuses-bring-workers-to-tears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/grand-lake-plumbing-and-heatings-christmas-bonuses-bring-workers-to-tears\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating\u2019s Christmas bonuses bring workers to tears"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Employees at Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating pose for a photo outside Murdoch’s in Fraser after receiving cash bonuses from the company on Dec. 13.<\/strong>
Courtesy Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The guise was pretty simple when the owners of Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating dispatched their team to Murdoch\u2019s Ranch and Home Supply in Fraser under false pretenses on Dec. 13.<\/p>\n

In a hoodwinking perfects the holidays, the employees were told they were all going to the store to learn the building\u2019s systems, so in the event something might happen, they would already be familiar with the building and its equipment.<\/p>\n

When the company\u2019s workers arrived at the store, however, it was anything but the ordinary. Soon they all discovered the truth: Their bosses were giving everyone hearty Christmas bonuses \u2014 in the form of cold, hard cash.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun place to be right now,\u201d owner Travis Appelhans said of the business that\u2019s celebrating its 100th anniversary. \u201cOur staff goes the extra mile. We\u2019ve had some really good months because of our staff going the extra mile, so we were able to share back and thought this would be a fun way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The over last century, Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating has seen its share of highs and lows, Appelhans said, adding that this year was one of the best cultural years the company has ever had.<\/p>\n

The bonuses were courtesy of the Appelhans family, and they varied in amount. Many of the workers used theirs to put five or six extra presents under the family tree, including install manager Kevin Richards.<\/p>\n

He said that all of the employees were pretty emotional after receiving their bonuses right before Christmas and some even shed a few tears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I sure did,\u201d Richards said. \u201cIt was so well received. Even Murdoch\u2019s employees were saying it\u2019s awesome the company did this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later that night, Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating held its annual Christmas party at The Foundry Cinema and Bowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a wonderful day,\u201d Richards concluded.<\/p>\n

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Employees at Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating pose for a photo outside Murdoch’s in Fraser after receiving cash bonuses from the company on Dec. 13.Courtesy Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating The guise was pretty simple when the owners of Grand Lake Plumbing and Heating dispatched their team to Murdoch\u2019s Ranch and Home Supply in Fraser […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 01:08:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20692,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20688\/revisions\/20692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}