Make Your Dealership An Awesome Place To Work

Owners Pete and Kelly Yunker from Power Equipment Systems describe how they earned recognition as one of Oregon's best places to work for the third straight year.

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Gregg Wartgow
Apr 8, 2010

Power Equipment Systems in Salem, OR, recently earned recognition as one of Oregon's best places to work for the third straight year. Owners Pete and Kelly Yunker are here to describe how they've done it, and how dealers can do the very same thing.


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