We went to the site of Operation Christmas Child in Kitchener to interview with OCC's Paula Schneider. Their 50,000 "pop-up" facility that was just a few weeks ago an empty warehouse, has been transformed into a highly efficient operation designed to facilitate the delivery of 340,000 shoeboxes to children in need all over the world. [...]
Centre in the Square Show Hottest Tickets in Town KITCHENER, ONTARIO - November 23rd– Concertgoers are patiently waiting for December 1st, when Russ Taff, Luke McMaster, Mark Masri, Eh 440, Joel Parisien, and Kevin Pauls, hit the stage for the annual Spirit of Christmas variety show at the Centre in the Square in the heart [...]
Fibernetics Executive VP Tracy Fischer found out that the local branch of the charity, Operation Christmas Child, was in need of a business phone system. It was a pretty unique situation. Their challenge is that they only need the services for a few months and only find their location with very short notice. In eight days [...]
Habitat for Humanity is an international, nonprofit organization founded in 1976. Devoted to building "simple, decent, and affordable" housing, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Homes are built using volunteer labor and the organization makes no profit on the sales. Since its founding nearly forty years ago, Habitat has helped [...]
Worldline, a division of Fibernetics Corp, waived all long distance charges for all Canadians calling France in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Paris on November 13th. “Our hearts go out to the everyone in France and all those whose family and friends have been impacted by this senseless violence,” said Jody Schnarr, Fibernetics' Executive [...]
Fibernetics Steps Their Way To Healthy Living Encouraging health and fitness through the Global Corporate Challenge CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO--(November 12, 2015) - Fibernetics is a place like no other, it’s an organization that inspires individuals to be the best that they can be. At the recent Culture Celebration 2.0, employees gathered to participate in an event [...]
Christmas spirit fills the Centre In The Square CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO – (November 6, 2015) – Fibernetics, Waterloo region’s largest telecommunications company is proud to announce their sponsorship of the Spirit of Christmas Variety Show. Located at Kitchener’s Centre in the Square on December 1st, this beautiful Christmas-inspired performance includes six musical acts with undeniable [...]
Patricia Polischuk, ACC Patricia Polischuk is a management consultant based in the Cambridge Waterloo area and sits on the board of directors of the Kitchener-Waterloo YWCA. Recently she visited Fibernetics with a group of human resources leaders to listen to a John Stix speak about the value of happiness in the workplace. Quite naturally [...]
2:10 pm - Closing comments from John Stix asking everyone to take 30 seconds to set in mind what was meaningful today and to bring forth in everyone's mind what's importance for them, their family, or a work mate. And to finally set their intention to do something they want to do for themselves and [...]
The decision was made for a number of reasons. To have everyone at Fibernetics work towards a common goal of becoming the best place to work in Canada was both personal and strategic. Personal, because the company leadership noticed that the startup, entrepreneurial spirit was being replaced with an enterprise/corporate mentality. Dreaded words like "silos" and [...]