Taking precautions: H-J Enterprises putting emphasis on employees, clients
H-J Enterprises in High Ridge has focused on taking care of its employees and staying connected to clients for the last several months.
“It’s been difficult because we really put a lot of importance on relationships with our customers by traveling to see them and having as much of a personal touch as we can,” said marketing specialist Madi King Erger.
She said the company, which makes components for transformers, has sent postcards to clients in lieu of face-to-face visits.
“It felt a little bit more personal that we were sending them something in the mail,” she said.
Erger said employees’ temperatures are taken when they enter the building at 6217 Hwy. PP and they wear masks when around coworkers.
She said the company has worked to minimize the number of surfaces that employees must touch while at work.
“Even in our bathrooms, they have implemented these flushers where you don’t have to touch anything – you just put your fingers above it,” she said.
She said the company’s 250 employees continued to work at the High Ridge facility throughout the spring and summer.
“Because of the precautions we put into place, everybody was still coming to work unless there was some kind of medical condition,” she said.
Erger said the company places a premium on employees’ health, and she has first-hand experience.
“Even though I had a cough for three days, I was out for a week because of the precautions in place,” she said. “You’re not supposed to have any symptoms for 48 hours and so I was out for a whole week, even though I was pretty sure it was just allergies. They really don’t want to play around with it.”
