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Employee Engagement

Jan 03 2022

Russell Coulter Retires After 36-Year Hancock Career!

Russell, Carol Hancock, and Kevin Hancock

After an incredible and transformative 36-year career at Hancock Lumber, sawmill veteran, Russell Coulter, retired on 12/30/21. Kevin Hancock recognized Russell at our December Board of Directors meeting at the Home Office in Casco. “Russell has lived through and done everything there is to do at Hancock Lumber—he’s been a manager, an executive, the equivalent […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture, Sawmill News · Tagged: Culture, Employee Engagement, Retirement Celebration, Russell Coulter, Sawmill Veteran Retires

Aug 24 2021

“Best Place to Work in Maine” for 8th Consecutive Year

Congratulations to our team of 600 employees for earning the Best Place to Work in Maine accolade for the 8th consecutive year! Team Hancock’s commitment to our best place to work in Maine process directly supports our employee-centric culture and mission to have a highly engaged team and respectful work environment where every employee leads […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture · Tagged: Best Places to Work in Maine, Employee Engagement, Everybody Leads, Team Hancock

Feb 08 2021

Honoring Toby Hammond’s 44-Years of Hancock Lumber Service!

Congratulations, and thank you to Toby Hammond for an outstanding 44-years of service with Hancock Lumber! As the longest tenured HancockLumber employee, it’s hard to begin to summarize all of Toby’s accomplishments and the impact he’s had on the forest products and building materials industries–but, during his last Hancock Lumber Board of Directors meeting on […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Careers, Culture · Tagged: Board Service, Employee Engagement, Honoring Toby Hammond, Maine Forest Products Council, NeLMA, retirement, Team Hancock, Toby Hammond, years of service

Aug 25 2020

Best Places to Work in Maine, 7th Consecutive Year!

BPTW 2020

Hello, Team Hancock! Today, Hancock Lumber learned it was named a Best Places to Work in Maine for the 7th consecutive year! Congratulations to our entire team of 550 people across our 14 locations–together, we have achieved this amazing accomplishment and get to celebrate another year being a Best Place to Work in Maine. It […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture · Tagged: 2020 Best Places to Work, Best Places to Work, Best Places to Work in Maine, culture of engagement, Employee Engagement, Everybody Leads, Team Hancock

Sep 01 2018

Hancock Lumber Named Best Places to Work in Maine, 5-years in a Row

5-years best places

Hancock Lumber Named Best Places to Work in Maine, 5-years in a Row For 5-years running, Hancock Lumber has been named a Best Places to Work in Maine. Hancock Lumber’s mission is to create a work environment that first and foremost recognizes employees as human beings and ultimately improves the lives of anyone who works […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture · Tagged: 2018 Best Places to Work in Maine, Best Companies Group, Best Places to Work in Maine, Culture Makes the Difference, Employee Engagement, Everybody Leads, Society for Human Resource Management, Team Hancock

Jul 20 2018

Hancock Pittsfield Capital Improvement Project Enhances Employee Engagement

Rodney Trimmer

BEYOND THE PROFITS AND PAYBACK: HOW HANCOCK PITTSFIELD’S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ENHANCES EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Rodney Williams, Sawmill Manager, experiences the upgrade first-hand on line Over the course of each year Hancock Lumber organizes a wish list of capital improvement projects across their entire business – from the retail lumberyard division to sawmill manufacturing, and now […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture, Sawmill News · Tagged: Board of Directors Tour, Capital Improvement Project, Dennis Verrill, Employee Engagement, Hancock Lumber Investment, Pittsfield Optimized Trimmer, Pittsfield Sawmill

Jun 22 2018

Employee Engagement: What Being a ‘Best Place to Work’ Means to Me

HANCOCK’S CORE VALUES : EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Best Place to Work Celebration! Thanks to over 350 Hancock Lumber employees and family members that joined us for a beautiful night of baseball at the Portland Sea Dogs on June 9th. It was great getting to know each other outside of work and to celebrate our 4th year in […]

Written by Kourtney McLean · Categorized: Culture · Tagged: Best Places to Work in Maine, BPTW, Employee Engagement, Kevin Hancock, Portland Seadogs, Team Hancock, Wendy Scribner

Apr 06 2018

Core Values Continued: Employee Engagement

ENGAGEMENT. Leadership is encouraged at every position in the company here at Hancock Lumber. We strive to create a workplace where employees feel empowered, respected and listened to, honoring our commitment to a culture where ‘Everybody Leads’ and truly being a ‘Best Place to Work’. Creating and sustaining a best place to work environment takes […]

Written by Kourtney McLean · Categorized: Culture · Tagged: Best Places to Work in Maine, core values, Employee Engagement, Hancock Lumber, Kevin Hancock, mission and values

Feb 22 2016

Team Hancock Hires New CFO Following Nationwide Search

hancock employee wainman

Hancock Lumber Welcomes Paul Wainman as Chief Financial Officer Hancock Lumber hires new CFO!  After an extensive, nationwide search, Hancock Lumber is excited to announce the hiring of Chief Financial Officer, Paul Wainman. Paul has extensive experience in both finance and management with market leading brands, including Hallmark/William Arthur and Kleinfeld Paper. Hancock Lumber President, […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Culture, Hancock Happenings · Tagged: CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Employee Engagement, Everybody Leads, Hancock Culture, Hancock employment, Hancock Lumber CFO, New Hire, Paul Wainman

Jan 08 2015

Employees Celebrate Various Years of Service!

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At the start of each year, Hancock Lumber recognizes employees in our sawmills, retail stores and administrative office who will celebrate various years of service. While the plaques have not been officially presented to employees yet, Kevin Hancock, sent out a company-wide email this morning we just had to share. Stay tuned as we’ll post recipients celebrating these milestone […]

Written by Erin Plummer · Categorized: Careers, Culture · Tagged: Best Place to Work, Employee Engagement, employees, years of service

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