The KnowZone Newsletter
SQ Employee News: August 2022
Welcome to the first edition of the Stratosphere Quality Newsletter!
Watch for the newsletter to be distributed monthly, landing in your mailbox mid-month. We will also have the links posted on our employee dashboard. We look forward to restarting the monthly newsletters to share company updates, benefit and policy updates, promotions, work anniversaries, pets of SQ, and meet many of the faces of SQ.

Newsletter Naming Contest
Name Our Newsletter Contest
Our newsletter needs a name! We are seeking your input and would love to see your creative ideas. Are you up for the challenge?
Please send your suggestions to sqnewsletter@stratospherequality.com
The winner will be selected by the next newsletter distribution and will win a $100 gift card.
Have You Heard?
We’ve made some positive changes to holiday pay! Here’s the scoop:
- Employees can qualify for holiday pay after 30 days of employment (previously this was 90 days).
- Hours worked the previous 4 weeks will be used to determine holiday pay (previously this was 12 weeks)
- Restrictions surrounding no call-offs before and after holidays have been lifted.
The new policy allows employees to be eligible for holiday pay more easily than before. This change was made effective May 2022.
If you have any questions, please contact payroll@stratospherequality.com.
Do we hear cheering for the easy button?
US employees can view and manage vacation days, including PTO requests through ADP WorkforceNow. Access your Stratosphere Quality ADP WorkforceNow portal here.
Highlighting Our Employees

Faces of SQ
If you would like to see your team highlighted, send a picture to sqnewsletter@stratospherequality.com
**Please be mindful not to capture any customer names, customer employees, or parts in your pictures.
Promotions
Congrats to our employees that were promoted in July!
Role and Department changes in total
| TL to PS = 8 |
| QI to TL = 22 |
| QI to QT – 1 |
| PS to PSII = 1 |
| PS/PSII to PM = 4 |
| Employee Name | Location |
| Kanesha Allen | Tennessee |
| Cynthia Boyd | Tennessee |
| Shanice Fonville | Duncan |
| Frances Washburn | Tennessee |
| Rachel Allbee | Alabama |
| Andrea Allen | Indiana |
| Robert Wilson | Alabama |
| Terry Woods | Honda South Carolina |
| Tiffany Suber | Duncan |
| Jason Lord | Texas |
| Manavdeep Singh | Toronto West |
| Chris Moss | Corporate |
| Tiffany Bryant | Indiana |
| John Robidoux | Alabama |
| Jon’Asrel Waver | Alabama |
| Aman Benno | Toronto West |
| Navjot Singh | Toronto West |
| Nithin Krishna | Toronto West |
| Stacy Parlanti | Alabama |
| Justin Harmer | Nevada |
| Kim Sand | Honda Marysville |
| William Coker | Honda Marysville |
| April Blanton | Honda Marysville |
| Karan Malhotra | Toronto |
| Desiree Poe | Indiana |
| Cole Edwards | Nevada |
| Christian Enciso | Nevada |
| Mason VanBuren | Pennsylvania |
| David Germain | Nevada |
| Aloni Ludlow | Indiana |
| Amari Eubanks | Kansas City |
| Michael Williams | Kansas City |
| Ivia Carter | Alabama |
| Carlos Negrete | Chep/Richmond Hill |
| Sandy Noland | Alabama |
| Dominick Woolridge | Detroit |
| Kamryn Willingham | Detroit |
| Richard Caponetto | Kansas City |
| James Gilland | Alabama |
| Andrea Martin | Indiana |
| Reavie Brady | Chrysler Detroit |
Anniversary Service Awards
10 Year Anniversaries
- William Folz, PM, Wisconsin
- Brigitte Alsobrook, QI, Lexington
- Angelina Dunham, Driver, Marysville
- Brian Brooks, VP Finance & Employee Services, Corporate
- Kate Senko, Admin Asst II, Chrysler Detroit
- Donald Lanpher, SOM, Duncan
- Cindy Evans, Accounting Supervisor, Corporate
- Erle Patterson, Project Supervisor, Indy Ops
- Adrien Hall, Project Supervisor II, Belvidere, IL
- Larry Hamilton, Quality Inspector, Dayton, OH
- Jason Dryer, Operations Manager, Belvidere, IL
5 Year Anniversaries
- Alfred Wolf, PS, Honda SC
- Shanice Fonville, PS, Duncan
- Dominique Rhodes, QI, Tennessee
- Abdur Rahim, QI, Toronto
- Dietrich Steffens, PS, Battle Creek
- Heather Holycross. Team Leader, Marysville, OH
- Grant Tallman, Project Supervisor, Duncan, SC
- Tom Myers, Senior Applications Developer. Corporate
- Yolanda Goodson, Project Supervisor, Detroit, MI
We Love Our Pets!

Pets of the Month
We would love to see your pet, send in a picture and description to sqnewsletter@stratospherequality.com
Junior & Bruce
Junior is a 14-year-old mutt. He is the sweetest dog who spends all of his time begging for rubs and food in that order. He would lie outside in the sun all day if you would let him.
Bruce (Yes, he’s named after the Hulk) is a 5-year-old Chiweenie. His mission every day is to pester Junior every minute he’s awake. When he’s not pestering Junior, you will find him in bed underneath the covers, sleeping away the day.
Pet parent: Stacey Barr, Recruiting Analyst
Walter & Oliver
This is Walter (black and white), he is the dad, sitting with his boy Oliver.
Oliver was born blind, and I was not going to be able to take care of him. He needed to be bottle-fed several times a day, and it was hard to navigate. I had taken him to the nursing home where I used to work, and the residents loved him, fed him, and wanted to keep him; they even offered to build him a pen to keep him there as the resident goat.
With months of work and vet visits, Oliver began to get his sight back; he is probably about 80 percent. He still gets around pretty well. I did have a sanctuary that I was going to send him to, but the residents at the nursing home would not have it. So, I had no choice but to keep him. He does great now and is such a sweet boy. We love him and all his other goat friends and family very much (we are currently at 28 total goats) with all their different personalities.
Pet Parent: Susan Self, Field Recruiter


Do you have a good story or example of extraordinary project execution? Received positive customer feedback?
We want to hear from you! Send those examples into : sqnewsletter@stratospherequality.com

Contact Details
Have a question or need help? Here are the best ways to contact various departments within Stratosphere Quality.
Human Resources
877-224-8584 *Dial 5
hr@stratospherequality.com
Benefits
877-224-8584 * Dial 4
benefits@stratospherequality.com
Payroll
877-224-8584 *Dial 3
payroll@stratospherequality.com
IT Help Desk
317-288-3116
itrequests@stratospherequality.com




