Limited Brands and the Weather Crisis

Limited Brands provides hotlines that associates can call to find out about how the weather and criseswill effect the work day, which is pretty impressive to me. Through a connection on LinkedIn, I spoke with a former employee of Limited Brands who happened to work there during the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. This is what he had to say:

“[Limited Brands] was on it immediately.  They sent an email to all employees alerting us that many of the [Limited Brands] associates would be effected and telling us to stay tuned for any developments.  Then they updated us as necessary.  They worked hard to identify all of the associates that were going to be impacted and prepared to assist them.  They also let us know what they were preparing and ready to do for those associates including finding places for them to work and letting us know where and how to donate money.  They also made us aware of the volunteer organizations that were involved and how we could get involved with them.”

He went on to say he “was impressed as an employee at how quickly [Limited Brands] was on top of this and how quickly they formulated a plan to help all of those involved.”

I was really impressed with Limited Brands after reading what this former employee had to say. They even tried to accommodate those who wanted to take time off to volunteer in the recovery efforts. Who wouldn’t want to be involved in a company like that? At least you know you’d be taken care of in case of an emergency!