Each week, friendly employees of Fire Mountain Gems and Beads happily lead tours through the facility. While we'd love to give every person who wants a tour their own walk-through, we understand that not everyone can make it to our lovely region. Fret not! You're about to go on your own virtual tour:
The front offices are for the company owners Chris and Stuart, executives, CEO, etc., as well as the Executive Assistants. Original cover art, done by a past employee, hangs in the hallway. Each painting displays a volcano, beads and a Rhodesian Ridgeback named PC (Potato Cakes). This dog, and another named Turbo, used to be an integral part of the hiring process. A memorial to PC and Turbo hangs here as well. Display cases also reside here, housing beautiful gemstones, carvings and other interesting pieces.
This department is always busy keeping track of full benefits packages including 401(k), medical and dental provided for employees and their families. They organize monthly Employee Appreciation Days, the yearly company picnic and attend job fairs as well.
Throughout the company's hallways are the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads' Vision and Mission Statements, along with back cover ads from over 50 beading and craft industry magazines.
All catalogs are created in-house (minus the actual printing which is still done in the USA). The models in each catalog are employees who have their make-up and hair done by a local stylist. There are several types of catalogs created each year:
One of our resident gemologist's is always sampling product for accuracy. Approximately 12 languages are spoken in this room and many get to travel with Chris and Stuart to translate on buying trips. They get to make purchasing decisions with vendors nationally and internationally.
Bulk packaging is broken down in to a variety of more manageable resale packages and assortments.
This department was created as a special program to buy large closeouts of new products for the website and flyers. This type of bulk buy helps closing companies get rid of product and make back some money in the process.
Uniquely built machines called "carousels" hold product picked by operators to fill customer orders. Always evolving, this department continues to use improved technology to efficiently and accurately fill your orders. These individuals are the ones who put orders together with a piece of decorative teal tissue paper, a "Packed with Love" sticker and always a free gift.
We have now reached the end of this virtual tour. On behalf of everyone at Fire Mountain Gems and Beads, we thank you for taking the time to learn more about our unique and diverse company. Feel free to ask us any questions since we are always excited to talk with, and help, our customers. Have a good rest of your day and we hope to see you again soon!
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