Speaker 1: Hey, brain stuff listeners. Today we've got another preview for
Speaker 1: you of the podcast On the Job. We've run a
Speaker 1: couple of these already. The stick is that we've teamed
Speaker 1: up with them to bring you a few samples of
Speaker 1: what they do, which is engaged with professionals from all
Speaker 1: kinds of businesses about what they do, from nursing via
Speaker 1: helicopter to private investigation. Through these stories, the team tries
Speaker 1: to help explain and explore different aspects of what working
Speaker 1: means in our world today. They're sponsoring us to run
Speaker 1: these samples. I think it's a good fit because it's
Speaker 1: a look into how different jobs work. In today's episode,
Speaker 1: they're speaking with a long term employee about how she
Speaker 1: stayed with her company for forty years and how she
Speaker 1: knew that staying was the right decision. We'll feature some
Speaker 1: previews of future episodes in the future, though. If you
Speaker 1: want to hear more or explore their previous six seasons,
Speaker 1: you can find On the Job from Express Employment Services
Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 3: I think it's a cliche. You stay at a job
Speaker 3: if you really have passion for what you're doing, if
Speaker 3: you enjoy it. It also is the company itself, their
Speaker 3: passion and what their mission is. It's really fun to
Speaker 3: come in every day. I'm Terry Weldon, the senior vice
Speaker 3: president of Support Services at Express.
Speaker 2: Do you have any nicknames at work?
Speaker 3: Most of the time they call me te Dub or
Speaker 3: every now and then they call me things that I
Speaker 3: can't repeat.
Speaker 2: That's Terry Weldon aka t Dub. And despite her youthful
Speaker 2: voice and sprightliness, Terry has been with the company for
Speaker 2: a long time, having worked with the founder of Express
Speaker 2: before the company was even a glimmer in his entrepreneurial ie,
Speaker 2: Terry has been here since the very beginning. So as
Speaker 2: Express celebrates it's fortieth year in business, we thought who
Speaker 2: better to talk to for this episode of On the
Speaker 2: Job than teed up herself to get some insight into
Speaker 2: the work that goes on behind the scenes, and maybe,
Speaker 2: if we're lucky, Terry can give us some tips on
Speaker 2: how to keep showing up day after day with the
Speaker 2: same level of passion she so obviously has for her job.
Speaker 2: Despite being here longer than Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift
Speaker 2: have been alive.
Speaker 3: When you put it that way, that's a really long time.
Speaker 3: But I have been at it for four decades. Yes,
Speaker 3: my office specifically is a little bit of a mess.
Speaker 3: There's a stack of papers, but you always know where
Speaker 3: what you need is exactly where you want it.
Speaker 2: Terry Weldon wears many hats that express your primary goal
Speaker 2: is to support the hundreds of franchises spread around the world.
Speaker 2: In other words, she's home base Mission Control.
Speaker 3: And our franchises and all of their staff work so
Speaker 3: very hard every day. We have that opportunity to stand
Speaker 3: behind them and support them by providing them information answers.
Speaker 3: But sometimes it's just a matter of holding their hand
Speaker 3: and making them feel confident, making them feel comfortable, making
Speaker 3: sure that they feel like they know what they're talking about. Overall,
Speaker 3: we say we provide hope, and it truly is. We
Speaker 3: provide hope to people every day.
Speaker 2: So no, Terry didn't plan it all out. She just
Speaker 2: showed up on day one excited to work. And then
Speaker 2: she did that.
Speaker 4: Again and again and again and again again and again
Speaker 4: and again again and again and again and again and
Speaker 4: again again again and again and again and again and again.
Speaker 2: Well you get the idea. Did you ever feel like
Speaker 2: sticking with this job for as long as you have
Speaker 2: that you missed other opportunities.
Speaker 3: Every now and then, when you're sitting alone and you're
Speaker 3: thinking about where you've been and what you've done your
Speaker 3: entire life, there comes a time when you wonder, was
Speaker 3: there something else out there? Did I miss something? Should
Speaker 3: I have tried something else? And it comes back every
Speaker 3: time to me. Doing what you love and enjoying it
Speaker 3: is not worth my time to second guess. I've done this.
Speaker 3: I'm happy, my family's happy. We're working with an organization
Speaker 3: that provides people hope. So there's times that you think
Speaker 3: about that and you turn around and say, no, what
Speaker 3: else could I have done that would have been this fulfilling?
Speaker 2: Well, Terry, I know you're pretty happy over there at Express,
Speaker 2: but if you ever want to switch it up, I
Speaker 2: think you've got a bright future in podcasting.
Speaker 3: I'm still nervous from the job.
Speaker 2: I'm Avery Thompson.
Speaker 5: A strong work ethic, takes pride in a job well done.
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Speaker 5: understand how critical it is to manage your business for
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