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A&A Culture = Success for Employees In just 15 years, Jeff has become a Vice President for Anderson & Associates and is the branch manager of the company’s Tennessee office. With guidance from mentors like Gary Crouch, Chip Worley, and Ken Anderson and the supportive culture of A&A, Jeff has not only been successful as an engineer, but has had many wonderful personal experiences. "Anderson & Associates really focuses on allowing its employees (from the
technician level to project manager level) to see Another unique aspect of working for A&A is the ability to try almost anything. If employees are interested in learning new skills and can excel in different areas, then the company will allow them to work on different types of projects and even on different teams. Ken Anderson believes that by allowing employees to excel at what they are good at, the company as a whole can be more successful. "At A&A, we don’t want to limit anybody. We have employees with many different talents on so many different levels, that it is to our advantage and our clients’ advantage to utilize those talents." Another example of how employees can excel in different areas is Erin Donovan, who recently passed her Professional Engineer exam. She came to Anderson & Associates with a civil engineering degree that specialized in materials, yet her first position with the company was with the transportation and traffic team. Erin then moved on to the land development team and is now a project manager back in the transportation department. "A&A has given me the opportunity to work on a variety of projects", Erin comments. "This has not only been beneficial to me personally, but is also good for our clients. The engineers in this company are all well rounded, because of the opportunity to see projects from beginning to end and have a real understanding of the many facets of civil engineering." & by Kelly Connoley Here are some highlights from employees’ who’ve been here longer than 20 years… The people with whom I have worked and been associated are my favorite memory...combined with what I have learned over this 29 year experience from this family of Anderson & Associates, Inc. Paul Grimes, Chief Inspector When I came to A&A the office still had most of the looks and features of the original house including orange netted curtains on the windows. The curtains didn’t add to the professional look of our business! The company planned an open house one year and in the process of making the office ready for the occasion, I felt compelled to do something to the orange curtains. The only idea I could come up with was to pin the hems of the curtains so they at least didn’t hang beneath the window sills. The pins stayed in the curtains for the next 6 years! Dotti Foreman, Administrative Manager Our first office was in my house on Eakin St. while I was in graduate
school. Most of the office work was done after I finished my homework which meant it was
pretty late, like 12 to 2 am or so. When I finished my drawings or maps I took them to the
blueline machine in my garage. The blue light attracted moths and other insects so many of
my earlier copies had moth or insect prints on them where they were caught between the
light tubes and the paper.
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the big
picture when working on projects," says Jeff. "By working for A&A, I was
allowed to do things that might have been too ‘advanced’ in other organizations,
which has allowed me to learn and move up much faster. I have also had the opportunity to
meet and work with many different people, which is something I enjoy." Jeff is just
one of the many employees at the firm who exemplify that A&A is a company where you
can grow as an individual.
