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Inside UniFirst: The Uniform Company Reinventing Workplace Culture

Inside UniFirst: The Uniform Company Reinventing Workplace Culture

Update: 2025-11-18
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UniFirst is a North American leader in the supply and servicing of uniform and workwear programs, facility service products, as well as first aid and safety supplies and services. With more than 270 service locations, over 300,000 customer locations, and 16,000-plus employee Team Partners, the company outfits more than 2 million workers every day.

In this episode, Catalina Dongo, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at UniFirst, shares her 20-year journey from administrative assistant to HR executive, and how the company’s values, structure, and leadership principles have scaled right alongside its business.

Catalina explains:

  • How she built her career by turning small opportunities into big wins
  • How the company spent two years defining leadership principles that actually live in people’s actions
  • How UniFirst balances family roots with a modern, tech-enabled workforce

Connect with UniFirst: https://www.unifirst.com

Connect with Catalina: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalinadongo

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Inside UniFirst: The Uniform Company Reinventing Workplace Culture

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