seen a substantial increase in employee
engagement.
Creating a positive culture that results in
happy, satisfied employees is important
to ATS. The corporate headquarters in
Edmonton has a gym that also offers ac-
cess to personal trainers. Healthy break-
fasts are offered once a week for staff, bal-
anced out by “cookie Fridays” at the end
of the week. They also operate the ATS
University, founded after employee feed-
back expressed a need for additional staff
training. It launched this year and runs on
a three-semester calendar, providing ac-
cess to courses that go beyond industry
know-how, such as stress management,
financial planning and personal income
tax. Customers are also welcome to sign
up for classes and take advantage of on-
site product training. So far, the feedback
has been positive, Calibaba said.
“They’re very happy to see that the com-
pany believes in them and is training
them,” he explained. Joining ATS means
developing a career rather than just work-
ing at a job, and they keep a full-time train-
ing coordinator on staff to help employees
plan their future with the company and
determine the training needed to move up
within ATS.
Future growth is on the horizon for this in-
“Through the work we’re doing with Vision Zero, we’re putting time and effort
and money into making the world a better place and saving lives.”
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