Episode 1 - Family
For Michael Gammel, the Gammel Group is not just a company, but also a family. And his family is actively involved in the form of his wife Gudrun Gammel.So tell me, Mr. Gammel. What is it actually like to work with your wife?
In a small medium-sized company, the wife's commitment is a key success factor. Over the past 25 years, my wife has always "kept my back free" for me and my colleagues in the Managing Director team, so that I could first take care of the technology, our engineering services and, for years now, increasingly take care of strategic development.
You've heard the saying: "Behind every successful man is a strong woman." I am convinced that there is a lot of truth in this statement. Of course, the company also keeps us busy outside of office hours and we discuss current issues. I think the separation between work and free time is fatal - anyone who needs two schedulers has a strained relationship either to what they do most of the time during their waking hours and which should therefore not be a burden but a joy and fulfillment - or they have the area of tension in their "free time".
A person who enjoys fulfilling their professional tasks can also talk about them with friends or acquaintances or reflect on a current topic in a leisure time - without making it a permanent topic.In addition to our professional challenge, my wife and I have shared interests such as active membership of the Chaine des Rotisseurs, the Buchhof Wine Knights and a love of the Languedoc and long-distance travel. But there is also room for my own interests - my wife likes to play golf (I don't yet have the necessary personal maturity for this...), I have been enjoying a week with friends fishing for salmon in Alaska or the occasional ride on my bike for years.
When the fifth season begins in Abensberg, a state of emergency prevails - and as every year, we can't be missing!
Sri Lanka Hilfe Abensberg e.V. is the project close to the heart of our long-time friend Hedlen Zirngibl. She has been working with incredible dedication for the people of Sri Lanka for many years. We continuously support this commitment with our social fund - this year we have provided €1,000 for this purpose.
Michael and Gudrun Gammel's brother-in-law, Martin Kundler from Neustadt an der Donau, has been a passionate hobby gardener for many years. His large garden with numerous trees and lots of vegetables is a real treasure trove of nature.