In addition to hiring for new positions, the company was able to bring back furloughed employeesAcushnet
Titleist and FootJoy parent Acushnet Company has "held open houses for the past three weeks to hire new workers to help address a heightened demand for golf equipment during the coronavirus pandemic," according to Kiernan Dunlop of the New Bedford STANDARD-TIMES. This comes as "mass hirings by companies seem to be a rarity." Acushnet Dir of Talent Acquisition Laurie Herbert said that the open houses "will continue into October and the company plans to hire over 200 people." Herbert said that over the past three weeks, the company has "held three open houses and hired an average of 35 people at each one," which has "worked out to about 75% of the people that have attended." Dunlop noted in addition to "hiring for new positions," the company had been able to "bring back almost all of the 1,100 employees they had to furlough when the plants shut down." Titleist Chief People Officer Brendan Reidy: “We continued to see incredible demand for our products as we came out of the heart of the initial part of the pandemic. It has really effectively forced us to look at how we respond to that demand” (New Bedford STANDARD-TIMES, 10/1).
