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Dealer: Rick Hendrick

Dealership group: Hendrick Automotive Group

Full-time employees: 51

General Sales Manager Garry Carson on learning how to be a better employer from managing through the pandemic: “We have learned to adjust our normal processes in various things to ensure proper safety of our employees and customers. Over the last year, we have offered touchless deliveries and test drives for customers out of the comfort of their own home. We will sanitize a vehicle and deliver it to their house, where they don’t have to have face-to-face interaction with us and other customers.”

General Manager Brandon Apon on diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to hiring and employment: “Within our store, we have people of various ethnic backgrounds and ages. We believe having a good mix of employees will ultimately make us better as a team. Learning different methods in the workplace from others and having a different perspective is something that we feel will continue to better us.”

Sales Manager Marcus Hulsey on improving employee retention: “Open communication is something we are very passionate about. We have daily meetings with the staff. Suggesting a change or a way to improve a process in our dealership is something we want our employees to feel comfortable doing and know they will be heard.”