Businesses that employ veterans see benefits

Businesses that employ veterans see benefits to companies, community
Some employers feel that because of their military experience, vets are better workers.
Updated: June 17, 2012
BY BRITTANY HOOVER
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL

After Jeremiah Bulls spent four years serving in the Army as a diesel mechanic stationed in Hawaii, it was an adjustment to transition back into civilian lifestyle and the normal work day.

“Even though I didn’t see any kind of action — we went places but we weren’t in any kind of hostile environment while I was in — but even transitioning from the military back to civilian life was a little unsettling,” Bulls explained. “One minute your whole day is planned out for you, the next, nothing. It’s an adjustment period, for sure. I think most veterans handle it very well.”

Employing veterans

Bulls sees that adjustment now in his own employees.

He is the general manager of U-Haul Moving & Storage of Lubbock on 34th Street, and 40 percent of his employees are veterans.
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