Dealer: Rick Hendrick

Dealership group: Hendrick Automotive Group

Full-time employees: 51

General Manager Kiley Culotta on learning how to be a better employer from managing through the pandemic: “Managing this dealership and our employees through this pandemic taught us that the safety of our employees and guests is important. We work with humans who go home to families at the end of the day. They are not just numbers to us, they are our family, too. Our top goal is to create a safe environment for our employees and our guests.”

Finance Manager Mohammed Alqoh on diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to hiring and employment: “We invite diversity and embrace it. We can appreciate the differences each team member brings to our dealership.”

Finance Manager Adham Merhi on improving employee retention: “At our dealership, we like to have fun. This includes team celebrations, get-togethers and employee luncheons. We feel it is necessary to bring the team together outside of the dealership to fun outings and relationship-building events.”

Lot Manager Kevin Armstrong on offering employees a career path: “We offer seminars and continued on-site training for our employees. Our managers are dedicated to providing weekly training for our sales and service teams.”