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	Crazy Shirts

Crazy Shirts

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Rank:	13

Company:	Crazy Shirts

Address:	99-969 Iwaena St. Aiea, Hawaii 96701

URL:	www.crazyshirts.com

Year Founded:	1964

Number of Full-time Employees:	277

Overview:	Crazy Shirts is a specialty resort apparel company with a 40+ year history of producing and selling high quality clothing with original artwork.

CEO:	Mark Hollander

Status:	Privately Held

Number of Part-time Employees:	44

Average Annual Salary - Exempt Employees:	$41,384

Average Annual Salary - Non-exempt Employees:	$27,785

Number of Job Applicants:	1200

Number of Hires (Last Fiscal Year):	214

Voluntary Turnover:	53%

Female Employees:	235

Percentage of Female Employees:	73%

401(K) or 403(B) Match:	Yes

Percentage of Match:	10%

Average Hours Training Offered per Year:	15

Number of Paid Company Holidays:

Number of paid vacation and personal days:	5

Interesting Fact:	Crazy Shirts use water based inks and paint on its products, which is more costly than that used by our competitors, but is one of the companys contributions in taking care of the environment.

Best Practices #1:	HMSA Wellness Program - open to all employees once a year HMSA members are free, company pays for non HMSA employees ($80.00 per employee) On site flu shots - company will pay for non HMSA members ($35 per employee)

Best Practices 2:	We like to promote from within, our work environment based around the open door policy, we use motivation and tools to encourage development and internal promotion, have a family oriented culture with a strong emphasis on team between the entire company, and unscheduled recognition events sponsored by the CEO.

Differentiating Practice:	1. We employ a full-time morale, recognition, fun officer 2. We are developing a retail exchange program where sales associates are paid to work in a different area of the U.S. 3. We plan fun and exiting events such as the Crazy Olympics where all employees participate in competition and games, and National Junk Food Day, where candy is delivered to all employees (Activities committee) 4. Our office building is a museum, displaying artifacts and furniture from our companys history and also model airplanes, cars, boats and trains. 5. We produce virtually all products on site. 6. We use water based inks and paint on our products, which is more costly than those used by our competitors, but is just one of our contributions in taking care of the environment.

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