Employee of the Century

Rose Syracuse began working for Macy's Department Store 73 years ago.  To date is the longest employed individual with Macy's at the age of 92 and clearly that qualifies her for the title of "Employee of the Century."    

According to reports, "That means that her first year of work was in 1939, while "Gone with the Wind" was still making its first run in movie theaters, as was pointed out by the New York Daily News.  Through her whole career, Syracuse has worked out of Macy's flagship store in Manhattan.  Her tenure makes her the longest serving employee in the history of Macy's, which opened in 1858."

Syracuse has had the privilege of working recently in the store's archival section, working on projects that deal with the Thanksgiving Day Parade.   It was during the 1930s that her family moved from Pennsylvania to Brooklyn so that her brothers would not have to find work in a coal mine.  Macy's in the '30s was a "one-stop store", the Wal-Mart of its era.  To read more about Rose and Macy's please go to the following link:

http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2012/09/07/rose-syracuse-92-macys-longest-serving-employee-retires-afte/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000058?test=latestnews