{"id":3436,"date":"2019-10-16T14:36:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T14:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fratco.com\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2023-08-02T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T12:54:26","slug":"meet-dan-koebcke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/tried-and-true\/employee-spotlight\/meet-dan-koebcke\/","title":{"rendered":"Conozca a Dan Koebcke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/meta>As seen in the\u00a0Tried & True<\/em><\/em>\u00a0Summer\/Fall 2019 issue<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

If there is one thing that every person who grew up in Francesville, Indiana has in common, it is that they know Fratco. At least that is what Dan Koebcke, a yard supervisor at Fratco says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Koebcke, a Francesville native himself, has worked at Fratco for over 30 years. While he grew up with Steve Overmyer, the former CEO of Fratco, the opportunity to work there unexpectedly fell into his lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s funny how I actually came [to work at Fratco],\u201d Koebcke said. \u201cI was working for a local business at the time and was at Steve\u2019s house. When I left, he actually followed me home and offered me a job. I wasn\u2019t looking for a job but there it was!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once he started working at Fratco, Koebcke was surprised by the family atmosphere and the connections he made with his coworkers. Many within the tight-knit group went to school together, go to the same church and have witnessed each other\u2019s children grow up, which only helps to solidify that connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not just the people he works with that make Fratco such a great work environment for Koebcke. He expressed his gratitude for the ways in which Fratco supports its employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always try and tell the younger guys to think of this job as more than just an income,\u201d Koebcke said. \u201cFratco does so much for us. I\u2019ve been on the fire department for 35 years and Fratco encourages that. They want you to be an active member of the community which is something you don\u2019t always see with employers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Providing more than just support for extracurriculars, Koebcke described Fratco\u2019s willingness to train employees. He explained that they encourage employees to better themselves and provide opportunities to learn new skills, even if that means expanding their skillset so they can explore other career paths. He says Fratco helped him personally by teaching him patience and what it means to work as a team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as Fratco\u2019s own progress goes, Koebcke says he\u2019s witnessed many changes over the last three decades, but in the best way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI watched them build the building I\u2019m standing in and tear the old one down,\u201d Koebcke said. \u201cJust a lot of good things have happened here, and I\u2019ve seen [Fratco] grow immensely. They\u2019re just constantly trying to make things better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, Koebcke has played his part in the bettering of Fratco. He\u2019s loaded countless trucks and has helped innumerable customers. When asked why he thought customers choose Fratco, he responded without hesitation that it was the people behind the Fratco name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong, the products are great,\u201d Koebcke said. \u201cBut the customers like dealing with us. We\u2019ve got guys that take good care of our customers, and customers notice when people are gone for the day. The people here really make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By serving as a mentor and role model for newer Fratco employees, Koebcke truly contributes to that difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Si hay algo que todas las personas que crecieron en Francesville, Indiana, tienen en com\u00fan, es que conocen Fratco. Al menos eso es lo que dice Dan Koebcke, supervisor de patio en Fratco. Koebcke, natural de Francesville, lleva m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os trabajando en Fratco. Aunque creci\u00f3 con Steve Overmyer, el antiguo director general de Fratco, la oportunidad de trabajar all\u00ed le lleg\u00f3 de forma inesperada.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"kia_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[87],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-3436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-spotlight","tag-francesville-yard-supervisor"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3436"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fratco.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=3436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}