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Tuscaloosa Shrimp Basket manager wins her first car in company incentive program

Tuscaloosa Shrimp Basket manager wins her first car in company incentive program
GOOD FORTUNE. THE WINNER IS SHALONDA WILLIS. THIS WAS SHALONDA WILLIS’S BIG DAY. SHE’S JUST WON A BRAND NEW 2021 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AT 34. SHE’S NEVER HAD HER OWN CAR BEFORE THIS. ACTUALLY MY FIRST WAY THE GRAND PRIZE COURTESY OF HER EMPLOYER SHRIMP BASKET BACK. BRO, WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR ROSTER AND YOU KNOW CHALLENGE HAS BEEN YOU KNOW FOR MONSTH NOW HOW TO HIRE QUALITY PEOPLE. THEY NEEDED 215 PEOEPL AT THEIR 20 LOCATIONS IN ALABAMA AND FLORIDA TO GET THROUGH THE SUMMER AND WE WERE SITTING AROUND JUST THROWING IDEAS FOOTBALLND AUR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. SHE SAYS WHAT IF WE GAVE AWAY A CAR AND THAT’SHAT' TS NOT GONNA WORK AND THEN I SAID WELL, MAYBE LET’S WORK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT SO INDEED THEY OFFERED HIRING IN RETENTION BONUSES AND GAVE NEW IN EXISTING EMPLOYEES. CHANCE TO WIN A NEW CAR WITH TAX TITLE AND LICENSE PAID IF THEY STUCK AROUND AND SHALONDA WILLIS DID GUYS I REALLY LOVE THE BASKET AND THEN I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A MANAGER TOO. SO I FIGURED THEIR EVENTUALLY IT WAS GONNA COME AROUND. SHE IS NOW A MANAGER AND AS OF THIS DAY NO LONGER NEEDS A RIDE TO WORK LIKE THEY ACTUALLY CARE AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATE ME. IT’S DONE THAT I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE MY SON PLACES AND TAKE THEM TO SOCCER GAMES AND STUFF AND CAN GO TO PLACES IN HER HEART. NO MY DAILY PIVOT LOOKING DOWN ON AND VERY PROUD OF ME. BECAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD. THIS WAS A VERY GOOD DAY
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Tuscaloosa Shrimp Basket manager wins her first car in company incentive program
Hard work truly has paid off for Shalonda Willis, a manager at the Shrimp Basket in Tuscaloosa. At 34 years old, Willis has never had her own vehicle, but thanks to an employee incentive program at "The Basket," she is now the proud owner of a fully-paid 2021 Chevy Trailblazer.WVTM 13's Jeff Eliasoph has the emotional interview with Willis in the video above.Follow Jeff Eliasoph on Facebook and Twitter!

Hard work truly has paid off for Shalonda Willis, a manager at the Shrimp Basket in Tuscaloosa. At 34 years old, Willis has never had her own vehicle, but thanks to an employee incentive program at "The Basket," she is now the proud owner of a fully-paid 2021 Chevy Trailblazer.

WVTM 13's Jeff Eliasoph has the emotional interview with Willis in the video above.

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