Employees of Ann Arbor company Avomeen Analytical Services had an extra special Christmas this year.

According to MLive, CEO of the company Shri Thanedar, sold a large portion of the company to a private equity firm from Chicago recently and wanted to show his appreciation to his employees who had made the company so profitable... So he handed out bonus checks to his employees totaling $1.5 million!

Some of the employees even had tears in their eyes, they could hardly believe what was happening. Thanedar said "It felt good to share, it felt good to appreciate." And I'm sure that his employees were very thankful! Read more about this story HERE.

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