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QuikOrder Reunion
Mariano, Susan, Fred, Al, Eric, David, Matt, Susan, Mayur, Rachelle, Sampath, Chris, Kate, Kaunish, Esther, Jeremiah, Mike
Sampath, Jeff, Mayur, Al, Mike
Sampath, Jeff, Mayur, Mariano, Susan, Mike, Matt, Al
Pizza Hut Connect Holiday Party ON A BOAT!
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!
Women’s Foodservice Forum Leadership Development Workshop
Earlier this year, my coworkers, Susan and Samantha, told me about a Women’s Foodservice Forum Conference they went to in Dallas. They said it was amazing and empowering and went on about how great it was. When I was doing my mid-year review I was doing some training research and saw that they were having a workshop in a Chicago suburbs, so I got approval and signed up.
I’m proud to point out that YUM is a sponsor of this organization.
Bring Your Kid to Work Day
Since our acquisition Pizza Hut has been trying to bring some of the cool culture into our office. One thing they did was host a Bring Your Kid to Work Day. It was so much fun to hang out with the kids and get to know our coworkers a bit more by meeting their families.
Makai was really surprised about how many toys people had on their desks! He liked Chris’s toys!
Grace is boss!
Video games!
Pizza-themed art!
Big ups to Casey, who had just started working here on Monday and who planned and executed the whole day without a hitch! She planned activities, treat bags, and food for all of the kids!
After our office activities, we all got on a trolly and went to Navy Pier! Everyone took a spin on the ferris wheel. Afterwards, Makai and I also went on a boat ride. Fun fun day!
Update: The next day my coworkers noticed that Makai “tagged” at least 3 whiteboards with his name!
My First Trip to the Motherland
You know you’re in Dallas, when…… [DFW Airport]
Kaunish was our driver. He took Mayur, Matt, Mike, Jeremiah and I all around the Plano area.
I stayed at Aloft Plano. It was pretty inexpensive [$135/night] and was close to the office. They provided free breakfast and a free shuttle to the office. I took many photos of my new Allbirds shoes.
After working on PizzaHut.com for more than 2 years it was fun to see the YUM headquarters and to meet a lot of people face to face.
We had an after hours team building activity at a kind of bowling alley/arcade place. They had bumper cars, so we all had to get on!
Dinner at Whiskey Cake. L: Mike, Mayur, Jeremiah, Matt, Me, Jim. R: Janet, Jeremiah, Sara, Kaunish, Susan, Robyn.
My headboard at Aloft.