{"id":341,"date":"2013-01-21T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challenge.dev2.formbox.biz\/blog\/?p=341"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:34:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:34:20","slug":"spotlight-fellow-zac-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/spotlight-fellow-zac-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Fellow: Zac Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question:\u00a0 Tell us about your company?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: I work for Credit Acceptance \u2013 the company whose Chairman and Founder, Don Foss, made a major personal contribution to support the launch of Challenge Detroit.\u00a0 Credit Acceptance is an indirect auto financing company that works with car dealers across the nation to enable them to sell cars to consumers on credit, regardless of their credit history.\u00a0 In other words, we allow all individuals and families to purchase a car even if they have bad credit.<\/p>\n

Whenever I describe this to my friends, everyone always responds the same way \u2013 that is such a huge risk!\u00a0 You guys must be crazy!<\/p>\n

We believe, though, that everyone deserves a second chance.\u00a0 Our business success proves that it\u2019s never too late for you to have a fresh start.<\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0 Describe what you do for your organization?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer: My title at Credit Acceptance is the \u201cGreat Place to Work Ambassador.\u201d\u00a0 One of our company goals is to be one of the greatest workplaces in the country, and I have the responsibility of working towards this everyday.<\/p>\n

One of the highlights of my job is organizing events with different non-profits.\u00a0 Within the past five months, we donated over 24 pints of blood to the American Red Cross, helped 178 children for the holidays, volunteered 345 hours, and donated over 2,600 pounds of food.<\/p>\n

Along with helping to manage Credit Acceptance\u2019s community involvement, I also get to help with strategy and implementation of our great place to work initiatives.\u00a0 It\u2019s really inspiring to work with leaders who are so committed to creating a fun work environment.\u00a0 I remember during my first day at work, one of our leaders told me that life is too short to not have fun at work.<\/p>\n

Since I\u2019ve started with Credit Acceptance, we have won a handful awards for our workplace \u2013 we came in sixth place in the 2012 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces competition and also received the award for the 101 Best and Brightest Companies to work for in the nation.<\/p>\n

Question:\u00a0 What makes working for your company unique?<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>A unique aspect of Credit Acceptance is how strategic we are in our decisions.\u00a0 We are very data driven and always confront the brutal facts before making any big decision. I enjoy both working and learning in this environment.<\/p>\n

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Zac (center) with the Credit Acceptance Great Place to Work! Social Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n

Click here to check out Zac\u2019s spotlight video!<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read Zac\u2019s blogs<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Contributed by fellow Zac Berlin<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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