Tag: Hartford Courant

Company Raffle Sends Employees to Amazon—River, Not Website

By Elaine Quayle Jan 29, 2014 HR Strange But True

Updated: Jan 29, 2014

A most unusual workplace raffle sends the winners, not to a posh resort, but to a remote part of the Amazon—and not for a vacation, but to work hard! Crius Energy, based in Stamford, Connecticut, told the Hartford Courant that it has been committed to the Amazon Preservation Project, started by Crius’s Viridian Energy division, […]

Dogs on Duty

By Stephen Bruce, PhD, PHR Jul 2, 2013 HR Strange But True

Updated: Sep 3, 2013

We’ve featured several dog-related workplace stories in the HR Strange but True! column. Some of our favorites happen to be about employed canines like Bailey the Beagle, who came to the rescue during the bed bug panic. Thanks to the Hartford Courant, which recently posted a slideshow highlighting 24 dogs at work, we are able […]