January 2025

Cheers to a remarkable 2024 & an energized start to 2025!

Each year our President hosts a kick-off weekend in our homebase city of Scottsdale, Arizona. The weekend is put together to show appreciation for the team’s hard work throughout the past year and to provide a chance for the team to reset for the upcoming year! Our entire internal AP team from around the country is invited to join. They are also encouraged to bring a guest with them for the kick-off! This year we flew in team members from Portland, Seattle, Vegas, and Buffalo. It’s not often that the entire team gets to interact in-person, so these events are extra special! 

January 10^th, 2024

The weekend started out with an AP Bowling event for those who wanted to participate in a more interactive activity. The event took place at a Scottsdale alley where we were able to split up into 3 teams, take over 3 lanes & cheer each other on. We learned that we have some pro-bowlers in the group and some who were just there for a good time! A wonderful array of food & drinks kept our energy levels high. Our night was full of strikes, spares & just a couple gutter balls.

January 11^th, 2024

Saturday started off with a bit of delay due to an overnight frost that came through the valley. But, by 10am our team was out on the golf course! The Scottsdale Course gave our team a run for their money but everyone who participated had a wonderful time. After they wrapped up their 18 holes, it was time to get ready for a team dinner. Saturday concluded with a wonderful dinner event for the AP team & their guests at a steakhouse & ocean club seafood restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale.

Overall, this is a weekend that we all look forward to each & every year. Although we all communicate virtually on a daily basis, working from home & in other states keeps us physically apart a majority of the time. Being able to see each other in person, have some laughs & catch up puts us all in a refreshed mindset for the upcoming year. We look forward to what 2025 has to offer!

AP Professionals – Named One of the Best Places to Work by the Phoenix Business Journal

Professionals, we have done it again! To close out another remarkable year, AP Professionals was recognized by the Phoenix Business Journal as one of the best places to work in Phoenix in 2024! We had the honor of attending the Phoenix Business Journals Best Places to Work event for the 9th time in a row in early December. AP Professionals has been named as one of the best places to work in the Valley since 2016 in the micro category. This year, the event was themed the Wild West & they sure brought the excitement!

Companies are decided upon by the PBJ with a strict set of criteria to meet. Employees within the company are asked to anonymously complete an evaluation survey provided by the PBJ on the criteria below:

• Team effectiveness
• Retention risk
• Alignment with goals
• Trust with co-workers
• Individual contribution
• Manager effectiveness
• Trust in senior leaders
• Feeling valued
• Work engagement
• People practice

With so many categories for our employees to critique us on, we feel very honored to have landed among the top ten highest ranked. We pride ourselves on providing a supportive, understanding & positively challenging environment where each of us can grow professionally & personally. Employee responses are anonymous, and we know that there is always room to improve.

We are honored to receive this recognition time & time again. We want to thank our team members for all they do each & every day. Always representing AP Professionals at the highest standard!

Check out the article below from the Phoenix Business Journal regarding this year’s honorees:

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/c/2024-best-places-to-work.html