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pointments and exercising.
“I have a Utopian view about being
an employer,” Duborg said. “I think
you can make plenty of money doing
the right thing for people and keeping
the employee and the client as the fo-
cuses of your business. You don’t have
to cut employees to make money.”
Amada employees have taken no-
tice and are appreciative. They have
come to Amada believing the compa-
ny’sgrowthwillcontinueandemploy-
ee benefits will soon improve.
Sarah Whitehouse came to Amada
to be the operations manager after
working at Lehigh Valley Health Net-
work, which this year is fourth among
largecompaniesinTheMorningCall’s
Top Workplaces. Her role has ex-
panded since starting in March 2018. Melissa Gunn speaks with a client.
She has her hand in everything
from billing and scheduling to recruit-
ing,whichisherspecialtalent,accord- ees of the year are treated to a trip to
ing to Duborg. theWestCoast—wheretheyshop,en-
“Coming here was the best thing joy a spa day and are recognized for
ever,”Whitehousesaid.“It’sbeenawe- stellar work performance.
some.” “That’s why it is so great to work
Another appealing aspect to em- there,” caregiver Erika Sanchez said.
ployees is that the top four people in APRIL GAMIZ/THE MORNING CALL PHOTOS “They are such amazing people. They
the company hierarchy — Duborg, Ed Duborg and Tod Meixell, owners of Amada Senior Care-Lehigh Valley, look would go out on their day off or on the
Meixell, Gunn and Whitehouse — are over spreadsheets. weekend to help you, if you called
heavily involved in the day-to-day op- them. They are not just behind a desk.
eration. Those four rotate manning ciation from management when an holiday parties. They get their hands dirty.”
the emergency care line (5 p.m. to 8 employee goes above and beyond the Employees of the month are recog-
a.m.). call of duty: gift cards, gas cards, bags nized, and since Amada is a franchise Mandy Housenick is a freelance
Therealsoarelittletokensofappre- of lotions and toiletries. There also are based in San Clemente, Calif., employ- writer.

!e thank all of our employees for once again

making us a Top Workplace in the

Lehigh Valley.

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