Workplace happiness is also a recurring theme for Ridge, who says he consciously aims to make WD-40 a fun place to work.

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All of this leads to a set of behaviors that make it a fun place to work, but where employees are able to make a large impact on their customers.

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And just looking around, this looks like a fun place to work. (Laughter.) The work you do here, as we just heard, is making homes more energy efficient, it's saving people money, it's generating jobs and it's putting America on the path to a clean energy future.

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There are no jerks around the place, it's a fun place to come to work.

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Salesforce seems like a fun but, well, kinda unsustainable place to work.

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