Is Sheetz a good place to work? According to a new list, MTOh, yeah.
Fortune Magazine released its 2021 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For on Monday. “Prolonged shutdowns. Workforces that felt isolated and overwhelmed. You name it, covid brought it. Still, these companies managed not just to muddle through, but to become role models,” the intro for the 100 list reads.
The Altoona-based convenience chain ranked 83rd on the list, which was ranked by companies’ employees.
”This popular chain of convenience stores which was founded in 1952 when Bob Sheetz purchased one of his father’s Sheetz Dairy Stores has kept its family feel despite significant growth,” reads the Fortune write up. “Sheetz encouraged employees to stay home if they felt sick or were high risk and gave an additional $3.00 per hour to those who continued to work on the front lines.”
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For people in a swath of the country, Sheetz is an unwritten item on the itinerary of any journey of more than 40 miles. The red-roofed gas station/fast food joint/convenience store/bottomless beverage well fulfills so many needs that it is an irresistible nay,
inevitable stop on many people s road trips. Areas of Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina are in the Sheetz belt, but the heart of its empire is Western and Central Pennsylvania, where a Sheetz is stationed at almost every highway exit and the Sheetz parking lot serves as an after-hours town square. Here are 11 facts you might not know about this 600-store-strong chain of super-pit stops. Unless otherwise noted, all information about the company s history comes from