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SMALL COMPANIES NO. 3
KRAUSE TOYOTA

KRAUSE TOYOTA

■ Founded: 1959
■ Ownership: Private
■ Sector: Auto dealership
■ Employees: 37
■ Website:
www.krausetoyota.com
Every employee is
given an opportu-
nity for success
Continued from Page 34 and for a healthy
work-life balance.
finance and payroll duties for the deal-
ership.
And by one sales associate’s account, AMY HERZOG/
THE MORNING CALL
they do an outstanding job.
“I’ve worked at six different dealer-
ships and this is the only one where my
paycheck has never been wrong and
that’s a big thing,” said Teresa Kleffel,
who actually left Krause and returned
after not enjoying the experience of
working at a different dealership.
“I’ve been in this business now for
40 years — half of them here — and I not just coming to work. They get in- Belles said the way employees are want to make them proud of you,” she
will tell you there’s distinct difference volved, like family, in each other’s lives. treated makes them want to work that laughed. “I want them to be happy
with other places,” said Joe Castrovil- That’s kind of what I like about it. much harder. with me doing my job because they’re
lari, another sales associate who has “If I need time off for something “Even though they’re very kind, they so good to us, we want to give them all
worked at Krause for 21 years. personal, I just make a phone call … or still want you to have your work done we have.”
“They’re nice people. They under- if they need extra, I’m here for them. correctly. And because of that, you
stand you as a person,” he said. “You’re I’ll do it for them.” strive to do it correctly because you Daryl Nerl is a freelance writer.

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