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t’s a recipe that began simply PEOPLE.
under the leadership of Moses
Rosendin. It has grown more
Icomplex over time as it was CULTURE.
passed on from Moses to his wife
Bertha and then to their sons, CORE VALUES.
Ray and Lou. Under Tom Sorley’s
leadership, we added in a unique
element – employee ownership. ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.
As an employee-owned company
(ESOP), we represent a rare breed THE ROSENDIN RECIPE
among specialty contractors. From
the wages and benefits for our
salaried staff to maintaining our
unionized field staff. Our employees
have access to a healthcare plan, developers to technology giants to manufacturers to develop safer
a pension plan, a 401K. These are high-tech manufacturers, when our dual-handed bandsaws, and we
all best-in-class among specialty customers call, we answer and have have been a knife-free company
contractors. traveled with some to other states since 2006.
and countries because they trust
We do more than just provide us. One particular customer has Our Craft Empowerment Program
wages and benefits, however. We partnered with us in four different (CEP), implemented in 2018, has
invest in our people – truly invest. states and two different countries brought a new level of safety
over the course of our 35-year and empowerment for our field
Our Training Department has put in relationship. This relationship employees. This program helps
the extra effort of ensuring that our continues to exist because of our to provide a platform for the
employees can receive continuing people. voice of the field to be heard and
education credit for some of the As an ESOP, we share a vision to ownership of solutions on the job
site. Even the general contractors
training they receive, and it’s
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO relevant training so that even if build a legacy and a company of and subcontractors on job sites
are coming to the designated CEP
which we can all be proud. It is a
someone opts to leave, they are
individual to ensure that job site
better trained and equipped than
and the office. When I joined the
when they started at Rosendin. It is vision shared between the field concerns are quickly resolved. Our
our goal and a core value to ensure team in Tempe all those years ago, customers and employees are
I was asked recently, “Mike, what makes Rosendin different?” It was a that we build people when they join I remember the first Service Awards working together to help make our
question I sat on for a few days. At first, the answer seemed obvious: Rosendin. A vital element of this celebration I attended. Three job sites safer, stronger, and more
our people. However, as I thought more about it, I realized that our recipe. people received their pins. The efficient. That also sets us apart
people are one element in a formula that has been passed on for the Our customers also contribute ceremony was held in a banquet from our peers.
last 101 years. Our people mix with our culture, our core values, and our to this recipe. The relationships room at a local restaurant. In 2012- We are a trusted partner for our
2013, the office outgrew the ability
entrepreneurial spirit. formed and nurtured between to hold this in a banquet room and customers. Our financial stability
Rosendin and our customers now we need the whole restaurant. attracts these customers because
It’s a formula, or recipe if you will—the Rosendin Recipe. directly contribute to our success as they see that we invest in not only
a company. These relationships are As technology has evolved, so them but in the technology, talent,
deep and unique to our industry. have we. We invest in and train our and relationships required to be
Do you realize that some customers people in the newest technology successful long-term partners.
of Rosendin have been with us for and tools to bring greater
over 30 years? There are customers efficiency, safety, and quality to the Our history, our people, and our
who have been with us for 50 work we do. It’s been more than culture set us apart.
years! That’s unheard of! From three years since we partnered with - Mike

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