Baseball saga inspired HR veteran's journey through Coca-Cola, Amazon and now Bluecrew
It’s the best time of the year for baseball fans, as they pack bars and huddle around the TV to watch the Fall Classic.
One Yankee diehard cherishes this season more than most because in 1994, he didn’t get a World Series. And that’s what caused Steve Johnson to pursue a career in HR.
After graduating from SUNY Geneseo with a bachelor’s in communications, the Long Island native continued his education at the New York Institute of Technology. Inspired by the Major League Baseball strike of the ‘90s, which was the longest stoppage in MLB history and the first time a major American professional sports league lost an entire postseason, Johnson studied HR management and labor relations, earning his master’s in 1996. At the dawn of the millennium, he graduated from St. John’s University School of Law with a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) in employment and labor law.
“The Yankees were having a winning season for the first time in a long time and the strike had essentially stolen a potential playoff run,” Johnson told HRD. “I was fascinated by labor relations, which opened my horizons to the broader HR spectrum and working on systems, programs and processes that enhance employee experience and drive business value.”
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