Manufacturing firms’ owner surprises entire staff with $1,000 holiday bonuses

Everyone at S.S. White Technologies and Shukla Medical, from janitors to senior management, took home extra pay.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 11:01 a.m. December 23, 2021
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Courtesy. S.S. White Technologies and Shukla Medical owner and CEO Rahul Shukla, left, gives a $1,000 holiday bonus check to staff member Brandi Roche.
Courtesy. S.S. White Technologies and Shukla Medical owner and CEO Rahul Shukla, left, gives a $1,000 holiday bonus check to staff member Brandi Roche.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Rahul Shukla, owner and CEO of S.S. White Technologies and Shukla Medical, which make airplane and auto parts and medical devices, respectively, has awarded a $1,000 holiday bonus to all 113 employees of the St. Petersburg-based companies.

Shukla, who joined S.S. White in 1973 and bought it in 1988, broke the news in a Dec. 16 company-wide meeting, according to a news release, and personally handed each staff member a check.

 

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