Andrew
Samantha
This year our Pizza Hut Connect Holiday party was on a river boat. But not just any boat, this boat had glass walls and a glass ceiling so you could take in all of the views as you floated around the Chicago River. I heard it was so new that it had been on less than two dozen voyages so far! Dallas went to the Cowboys vs. Bears game, so Kristin came along as my +1.
Chris, Esther
A bunch of the leadership team flew in from Plano and spoke briefly. Artie is the CEO of Pizza Hut and Carol is the CTO of Pizza Hut.
A lot of recognition awards were given out by different leaders. This is Laura, our HR Director, recognizing someone.
To my surprise, I was recognized by my boss’s boss, Chuck. I was literally taking a bite of my salmon, when I looked up and was like “uh, he’s talking about my team.” A few seconds later he called out my name to come to the front.
Steve, Chad, Jatan, Jerry, Mayur
Jatan, Sampath
Chris, Esther
Jeremiah and his wife, Emily
Umesh, Kishore, Vinay, Elric, Tanya, Tanya’s husband, Kishore
Samantha and her husband
Janet and her husband
Savannah and Carol
Marc and Jeremiah
Madhan and his wife
Madhan and his wife
LaShunda and Umesh
Jess’s friend, Casey, Allison, Jess
After dinner there was a lot of dancing! Members of my team, especially Kishore, pulled me out onto the dance floor! Jim, the owner of Quikorder, attended the party and he even got pulled out onto the dance floor!
Umesh, Jessica
Umesh, Vinay
Back: Jeremiah, Madhan, Kishore, Chris, Fred, Sampath, Peter, Sheena, Harish, Jatan, Tanya
Front: Vinay, Umesh, Kishore, Mayur, Esther
Back: Jeremiah, Madhan, Kishore, Chris, Fred, Sampath, Peter, Mayur, Harish, Jatan, Tanya
Front: Vinay, Umesh, Kishore, Esther
Savannah, Andrew, Carol, Umesh
Susan, Jerry, Carlos
Casey and her husband
Allison, Carlos, Jessica, Susan
Susan, Me, Esther, Guadalupe
Catherine, Casey, Susan
Jeff, Samantha, Tom
Fred and his wife, Kerri, and Peter
Erin, LaShunda, Chuck, Sampath, Kishore
Fred, Kerri, Baby #3
Vinay, Jatan, Sampath, Kishore, and Kishore
After our 3-hour boat ride, everyone got off the boat and walked into River North to go out some more. I walked with them for a bit, but then got a ride home to relieve the babysitter (Ms. Lauren). Great time. So much fun hanging out with everyone outside of work. I wished I could have stayed out longer.. but then the next day I heard some people were out until the sun came up, so I was actually kind of glad for an excuse to go home!