Solid Cactus Reaches 100 Employees; E-Commerce provider forecasts 250 employees by 2009
(Wilkes-Barre, PA)
a total e-commerce
solutions provider and renowned web design company, has announced its
100th
employee hire. Solid
Cactus began
operations in 2001 with four employees and began the 2006 calendar year
with a
staff of 32.
Cactus has noted growth in every department but especially in search
marketing,
call center operations and store programming.
The company expects revenues to double over 2006 due to
increased
product and service offerings.
growth is the result of happy employees and happy clients,”
said Solid Cactus
President Scott Sanfilippo. “We
pride
ourselves on creating a positive workplace and then filling that
workplace with
great people. Our
growth has been
non-stop. We began
2007 with 75 employees
and new team members are added almost every week.”
Cactus attributes its low turnover rate to numerous employee perks and
a
relaxed work environment. Examples
include a relaxed dress code, unlimited free snacks and drinks at work,
weekly
departmental lunches with executive management, quarterly staff lunch
meetings
and weekly “lunch and learn” training sessions.
Cactus has long been recognized as an employee-friendly environment.
chosen as the 21st
Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania out of 221,000 companies in the
state. The award
was established to distinguish
businesses in the Commonwealth that attract and retain Pennsylvania’s
talented
workforce and to help other companies do the same.
The award is modeled after Fortune’s
“100
Best Places to Work” and is organized by the Pennsylvania
Chamber of Business
and Industry, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development, Team Pennsylvania Foundation and the Best Companies Group.
running once again for
the award in 2007.
Cactus remains locally owned and self-funded with no venture capital
money. Work has
begun on a 20,000 square
foot office facility in the Wilkes-Barre Township, PA area to house the
company
beginning in January 2008. The company expects to have 250 employees by
end of
2009.
last
year has seen many changes at Solid Cactus.
“In 2006 we won two ‘Davey
Awards,’” said co-founder Joe Palko.
‘Davey’ honors outstanding creative work
from the best small firms worldwide.
We
were very proud when Scott and I were named one of the ‘Top
20 Under 40’ by the
Northeast Pennsylvania Business Journal for our accomplishments in
founding
Solid Cactus and Neeps Inc. We
believe
our continued growth is a reflection of the values we bring to work
every day.”
Solid Cactus
