General manager: Sam Abou-Ateih

Dealership group: Penske Automotive Group

Full-time employees: 28

Abou-Ateih on long-term changes in hiring or employment practices because of the pandemic: “Managing the pandemic’s effects both on the well-being of our employees and the economics of running the business has forced us to do with less. We feel that a healthy employee number will serve us better in improving production as it will allow many of our employees to benefit in terms of development and financially.”

Abou-Ateih on diversity, equity and inclusion as it relates to hiring and employment: “Actively recruiting for bilingual/multilingual candidates for specific job roles. Hiring around our customer base, recruiting to better serve our customers. Job ad wording is changed to appeal more to different genders/cultural backgrounds.”

Abou-Ateih on offering employees a career path: “We always hire from within as a first resort. Offering continued training and investing time and resources in developing our employees is essential in preparing them for promotions.”