One of the best parts of building a company from the ground up is that you get to design the team of your dreams from scratch. We make it a priority to invest in talent at every stage of their careers, which means inevitably we'd celebrate our very first retirement! Cheers to Jon Mckinley, who we toasted last week for his four years of creating scalable solutions in our IT department. Thank you for letting #MisfitsMarket be a part of the final chapter in such a wonderful career. Looking for your next big move? Check out our Careers page and come find your fit with us! https://lnkd.in/eX3zHhDE
We have celebrated many things over the past 5 years at Misfits Market, but today was a first - we get to celebrate our first Misfits retirement! The biggest thank you in the world to Jon Mckinley for 4 years of incredible contributions to our company. Jon joined us in mid 2020. We were adding new team members every week, we had almost no IT infrastructure, and we were juggling Covid chaos. Jon moved quickly and deliberately (one of our core values at Misfits) to create scalable IT solutions across the organization - most of these are still intact today and serve as a foundation for technology at Misfits (including things like the Jonny Cart - our mobile warehouse management cart). Jon was never short on fun stories and life lessons. At his retirement party yesterday, he left us with a few more wise words: "Never try to lift up a cow by yourself, be careful of potholes when driving a motorcycle, and work at companies with kind people." 😁 Jon - as you move on to enjoy your well-deserved retirement, know that your legacy will continue to inspire us. Now it is finally thyme to relax! Thank you and happy retirement!