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Exploring Iceland: The SYSCO employees gatheres at the Pirvellir National Park in Iceland.
Exploring good stories in Iceland
With 85 registered participants
from SYSCO’s departments
throughout the Nordic region,
there was a record delegation
of the company’s employees
who in October took a well-
deserved break from the
autumn’s work sessions and
set the course against Iceland.
HR Manager Kari Haaland Cheek was re-
sponsible for this year’s trip and is very
pleased that everything went according to
plan, and not least for all the postive feed-
back from the participating employees.
– It is not easy to find a weekend for all
employees being able to leave at the
same time, so we are glad we found a
time suiting so many. This obviously con-
tributed a lot to the experience of the
trip, says Cheek.
With an organization that has grown
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strongly over the years, and is also spread
over many locations in the Nordic region,
it is not always easy to find time to be so-
cial with colleagues.
Besides the academic and social program,
it was therefore a goal that the employ-
ees should get acquainted with new col-
leagues. In this regard, various types of
”social games” were set up together with
competitions, which Cheek thinks worked
very well and led to new combinations
and friendship between the various par-
ticipants.
SYSCO has arranged tours abroad for its
employees for several years, and has pre-
viously traveled to both Malaga, Gdansk
and London. Cheek thinks that this year’s
trip came in a special class.
– Iceland is not the most visited desti-
nation for us Norwegians, so many of
our employees experienced this amazing
country for the first time, she explains.
The team arrived Iceland on a Friday
morning, and could therefore enjoy the
first day with various activities. The par-
ticipants could choose between driving
ATVs, riding horses or sightseeing tour by
bus in Reykjavik. datory visit to the ”Blue Lagoon” before
returning home.
Saturday there was also a guided bus
tour around Iceland, touring the so-called
Golden Circle. This was a trip where the
group really got to see what this island
nation has to offer of great nature ex-
periences. Cheek is full of praise when
describing the trip, and draws the expe-
rience from the mighty Gullfoss and gey-
sers as examples of absolute highlights.
Sunday ended with the more or less man- Kari Haaland Cheek appreciates the good
feedback from this year’s participants, and
really looks forward to the next oppor-
tunity to gather the employees for a sim-
ilar event.
– We always aim to find positive activities
that create good stories for our employ-
ees, she explains, but will not yet reveal
neither the date nor the destination for
the next event.
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