Before coming to the United States to oversee Grupo Eulen’s international division in Miami, Luis Rodriguez had worked for the Spanish outsourcing company for 10 years in various divisions at its Spain, Dominican Republic and Chile offices. During that time, a question he repeatedly asked employees that worked for him was, “Do you think you will retire still working with Eulen?”
In Chile, where Rodriguez spent four years prior to becoming CEO of Eulen America, he estimates that 95 percent of his employees answered yes to that question.
“We always look for that, that people are remaining with us for a long period of time, because that’s being part of the growth of a company and being part of a company,” Rodriguez says.
After moving to the United States two years ago to head up Eulen America, Grupo Eulen’s newly acquired aviation services subsidiary, Rodriguez noticed that people in the United States changed jobs much more often than in other countries, moving from one company to another every four or five years instead of every 10 or 20.
As a part of a $2.4 billion company, Eulen America has the capital resources to expand and grow, but to grow successfully, it takes personnel resources, as well — employees who are willing to commit to the Eulen vision and communicate it to customers. To grow his company in new markets, Rodriguez had to show his people the value of being a long-term employee at Eulen (pronounced A-lin).
