We all know that being satisfied at our jobs is about more than the actual work we perform on a daily basis. It’s about the co-workers with whom we spend most of our waking hours. It’s about the company to which we commit to dedicate our very best efforts. It’s about the outlets provided by that organization or the surrounding community that make us feel that there is life beyond work. Sure, EMD is proud to offer a terrific wage and benefits package to employees. But we’re just as proud to offer a wide range of extracurricular and community-based activities that provide “something for everyone.”

SLYDER BOOFAY

For over 20 years, EMD employees have turned out for the annual "Slyder Boofay" -- a unique and tasty breakfast that raises funds for a different local charity each year. An organizing committee at Electro-Motive identifies a recipient charity, solicits contributions from employees, and then hosts a "Slyder" hamburger breakfast to thank contributors. The monetary difference between the contributions and the cost of the "Slyders" is donated to the local charity. Since the start of the "Slyder Boofay" in 1983, over $57,000 has been donated to local charities, and Electro-Motive employees have consumed 25,600 "Slyders"!

COMPUTER RECYCLING HELPS
AREA SCHOOLS, ENVIRONMENT

When its LaGrange offices were scheduled for a computer upgrade, Electro-Motive found a way to help local schools and keep old hardware out of the waste stream at the same time. EMD partnered with the Chicago-based Computers For Schools (CFS) Foundation to participate in a unique computer recycling program.

Electro-Motive provided more than 700 office workstations to the CFS Foundation, which accepts donations of used computers from area businesses and individuals. The Foundation repairs, updates, and sells the hardware on a cost recovery basis to schools with limited resources for technology. To date, more than 80 schools in the Chicago area have received EMD’s refurbished equipment.

The yearlong project was capped off with a personal computer recycling drive held at EMD. During the three-day event, Electro-Motive employees, retirees, local UAW offices, and area businesses donated used hardware to be given a second life in area classrooms. The following weekend, EMD co-sponsored a regional computer collection day for the general public hosted by the CFS Foundation. Held in the parking lot of Chicago’s United Center, the event drew individuals and businesses from the greater Chicago metropolitan area. More than 80,000 pounds of computer hardware was donated, including hundreds of pieces collected the previous week at EMD.