Dealer: Richard Garber

Dealership group: Garber Automotive Group

Full-time employees: 32

General Manager David Tokarsky on learning how to be a better employer from managing through the pandemic: “We let our company values guide us through the pandemic. One of the most-used values was our empathy.”

Tokarsky on improving employee retention: “Our turnover rate is one of the lowest in our entire company, and I think it’s because we communicate effectively and often.”

Tokarsky on offering employees a career path: “We lay out career paths for everyone that wants to grow with us. There are checkpoints along the way as well as coaching and training.”