A Boss Who Really Cares

Jerry Hurwitz, J&J’s owner has long been a fixture in the Santa Clara Valley. An instructor at San Jose City College for many years, he has more recently brought his teaching expertise to various HVAC-related seminars on behalf of the building Owners Association of Silicon Valley (BOMA), as well as other organizations, trade shows, etc. In 2000 Jerry was named one of the “Best Contractors to Work For” by the HVACR News, a national industry publication.

Jerry Stories

Like nearly every J & J employee, service technician Ron Cabanayan has his own story of how owner Jerry Hurwitz helped him out. When he was first hired, Cabanayan's wife, Mary, who now works part-time at J & J as a file clerk, was in the hospital with a blood clot in her leg."Jerry told me not to worry, that he'd put her on the company's medical insurance immediately.  But the insurance company said we had to wait two months before we were covered.  I told Jerry I could take the money out of my savings, but he said 'I made you a promise and I'm going to stick to it.'

Construction assistant Rhonda Yee says Hurwitz is "very accommodating of working moms."  Yee and her sister, service administrator Roxanne Klein, work during their children's school day, then go home to be "moms". "Basically, Jerry feels that if your employees are happy, things go more smoothly," says administrative assistant Norma Welles.