Sunbelt Rentals Named 2024 Military Friendly Employer for Fourth Consecutive Year
Sunbelt Rentals has earned recognition as a 2024 Military Friendly Employer for the fourth consecutive year. Sunbelt Rentals received a Gold Designation, indicating that the company scored within 10 percent of the 10th-ranking employer in their category.
“It’s an incredible honor to receive this award,” said Shane McKenzie, director, Veterans Program, Sunbelt Rentals. “Our values include safety, action, teamwork, and innovation - all ideals shared by veterans. We pride ourselves in our work in aligning the skills that veterans gain during military service with a suitable position where they can thrive.”
As part of its commitment to support veterans, the Sunbelt Rentals Veterans Program was created to empower veterans to find a fulfilling workplace where they can enrich the culture and contribute to the “Power of Sunbelt.” Focusing on four key pillars of resources, recruitment, recognition, and retention, the program assists with challenges faced by our multinational veteran population. Today, more than 10 percent of Sunbelt Rentals’ workforce is comprised of veterans.
“Organizations earning the Military Friendly Employers designation have wholeheartedly invested in comprehensive and impactful initiatives that bring about positive, life-changing results for our valued service members, dedicated military spouses, and esteemed veterans,” said Kayla Lopez, senior director of military partnerships, Military Friendly. “We salute these exemplary employers who raise the bar and understand that hiring military personnel is not merely an act of goodwill but a testament to a standard that truly embodies sound business wisdom.”
Military Friendly is the standard measured by VIQTORY, assessing an organization’s commitment, effort, and success in creating sustainable and meaningful benefits for the military community. More than 1,500 organizations compete annually for Military Friendly® designation. Sunbelt Rentals is continually seeking individuals who passionately served in military ranks to join our own. To learn about opportunities and apply, visit sunbeltrentals.com/careers.
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Michael Roth
Editor
Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.