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What Memorial Day Means to Me; Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

What Memorial Day Means to Me; Land of the Free, Home of the Brave

This Memorial Day, the TMX Finance Family of Companies honors all former and current members of the Armed Forces and especially those that gave their lives defending our freedom. We want to take this opportunity to thank our military team members for courageously defending our freedom abroad and then returning home to help strengthen the quality of our workforce with their unique strengths and leadership skills. Leading up to Memorial Day, we are featuring several of our team members who are former and current members of the military. Their stories are raw and real. We hope their stories of sacrifice …

Thanksgiving in April?

Thanksgiving in April?

Submitted by: Ted Helgesen, Executive VP of Operations We help people. It’s what we do every day. And we like nothing more than telling our best customers, “thank you!” In November, we held a Turkey Card Program promotion where eligible customers received a Thanksgiving themed card they could exchange at our stores for a check to be used toward the purchase of a turkey for a holiday meal. This program is a great way to thank our customers during the holiday season. This program also serves as a way for our team members to build upon their customer relationships. We …

The Golden Ticket Winner Series

The Golden Ticket Winner Series

Remember our awesome Golden Ticket winners? They are team members who are recognized by our President for doing outstanding things every day and are awarded a pair of tickets to a Dallas Mavericks game. Here’s a recap of the game from one of our Golden Ticket winners! Golden Ticket Winner Chandler Schexnayder Workforce Planning Analyst II, Savannah, GA Read why Thadd Tokerud, Director of Financial Planning Analysis, nominated Chandler: Let’s just start with this, if we could clone 100 to even 1,000 Chandler’s this world would be a better place! On a daily basis Chandler is the living definition of …

The Big Winner!

The Big Winner!

Submitted by: Jamie Lane, Director of Internal Communications To kick off 2017, our CEO issued a challenge to all Regional and District Directors to create a list of 10 enhancements or changes along with viable solutions they would like to see made to our current point of sale system. Our CEO is constantly raising the bar on how the technology we deploy impacts our team members and our customers. His focus for this new year is to keep improving the technologies we currently have in place to make our team members’ jobs more efficient and allow them to better serve …

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Random Acts of Kindness Day

Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day! We’ve had so much fun celebrating kindness all week- we’ve seen pictures and posts of breakfast treats at the office, kind words, kind acts to team members and strangers, and most of all, smiling faces! In fact, we even have the “RAK Police” patrolling the hallways of our Dallas corporate office capturing acts of kindness from our team members. Check out these great shout-outs and posts our team members made below, but you’ll have to check the TMX Finance Family of Companies social media pages to see everyone’s acts of kindness. Remember to …

Helping Others Face the Future

Helping Others Face the Future

[row][column xs=”8″ sm=”10″]Submitted by: Michelle Cook, District Director of Operations[/column][/row] Each year our Tennessee District collects and donates between 500-700 used printer toner cartridges to an organization based out of Chattanooga, TN called: FACES: The National Craniofacial Association. This organization supports children born with cranio-facial abnormalities and their families who are financially unable to take their child to major medical centers where specialized craniofacial teams provide the safest and most advanced treatments for building a face and skull. There is never a charge for any service provided by FACES, including travel, lodging, and food that is associated with a family …

Tornado Disaster Relief for Albany, Georgia

Tornado Disaster Relief for Albany, Georgia

[row][column xs=”8″ sm=”10″]Submitted by: Shahnee Vickers, General Manager Macon, Georgia[/column][/row] On January 21, 2017 approximately 40 tornadoes touched down in Georgia which took the lives of at least 15 people and injured 43 others. Albany, Georgia took a massive hit and a significant amount of lives have been affected. On Monday, January 23, our District, which consists of 11 stores, launched a district-wide collection effort headed by Mary Keller (Fran) from our TitleMax store in Warner Robins, Georgia. Because Fran is from Albany, her family and friends were directly affected by this devastation. As a family, we feel like it …

Annual Food Drive Results

Annual Food Drive Results

The TMX Finance Family of Companies held its annual Company-wide food drive during November and December of 2016 and was able to contribute: Drumroll, please……………………………………………………………………… Congratulations to the entire Company on giving back to the many communities in which we live and work! Otto Bielss, President, was extremely pleased with our third-year results, “TMX Finance Family of Companies operates stores in many of the states that are ranked in the top 10 nationally for having the highest hunger rates, so I am thrilled with the level of support we received from all of our team members. We are here to …

Richard Nunn, named January TMX Ambassador!

Richard Nunn, named January TMX Ambassador!

Congratulations to Richard Nunn on becoming one of our January TMX Ambassadors! Richard has been with the Company since 2013, read what he had to say about his journey with us so far. “I started my career with the TMX Finance Family of Companies in 2013 and I have had the pleasure of working with some of the best and brightest leaders in our industry. Through the leadership of my District Directors of Operations who has supported my career and helped develop my leadership and managerial skills along the way, I have also had the mentorship and tutelage of my …

Shout-Out to our Teams

Shout-Out to our Teams

Recently, the TMX Finance Family of Companies created a new Company website. We wanted to create a website that paints the full picture of what our Company is all about and what we do here every day. We want everyone to see how we help people and make a difference in the lives of our customers and our team members. Throughout the new site, you will hear the words “family” and “team” – in our videos, in our TMX Ambassador testimonials, when reading about career opportunities, and more. We are very proud of the team-oriented, family environment we foster here …