Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio, Hey Listeners.
Speaker 1: The following is a bite sized version of an episode
Speaker 1: of On the Job, a podcast from Express Employment Professionals
Speaker 1: that shares the experiences of everyday Americans finding their life's work.
Speaker 1: These clips can be humorous and heartwarming, sometimes both at
Speaker 1: the same time, and they're always insightful enjoy well.
Speaker 2: I think it's a cliche. You stay at a job
Speaker 2: if you really have passion for what you're doing, if
Speaker 2: you enjoy it. It also is the company itself their
Speaker 2: passion and what their mission is. It's really fun to
Speaker 2: come in every day. I'm Terry Weldon, the senior vice
Speaker 2: president of Support Services at Express.
Speaker 3: Do you have any nicknames at work?
Speaker 2: Most of the time they call me tee Dub or
Speaker 2: every now and then they call me things that I
Speaker 2: can't repeat.
Speaker 3: That's Terry Weldon aka T Dub, and despite her youthful
Speaker 3: voice and sprightliness, Terry has been with the company for
Speaker 3: a long time, having worked with the founder of Express
Speaker 3: before the company was even a glimmer in his entrepreneurial eye,
Speaker 3: Terry has been here since the very beginning. So as
Speaker 3: Express celebrates its fortieth year, in business, we thought, who
Speaker 3: better to talk to for this episode of On the
Speaker 3: Job than Tee Dub herself to get some insight into
Speaker 3: the work that goes on behind the scenes, and maybe,
Speaker 3: if we're lucky, Terry can give us some tips on
Speaker 3: how to keep showing up day after day with the
Speaker 3: same level of passion she so obviously has for her job,
Speaker 3: despite being here longer than Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift
Speaker 3: have been alive.
Speaker 2: When you put it that way, that's a really long time.
Speaker 2: But I have been at it for four decades. Yes,
Speaker 2: my office specifically is a little bit of a mess.
Speaker 2: There's a stack of papers, but you always know where
Speaker 2: what you need is exactly where you want it.
Speaker 3: Verry Weldon wears many hats that express your primary goal
Speaker 3: is to support the hundreds of franchises spread around the world.
Speaker 3: In other words, she's home base Mission Control.
Speaker 2: And our franchises and all of their staff work so
Speaker 2: very hard every day. We have that opportunity to stand
Speaker 2: behind them and support them by providing them information answers.
Speaker 2: But sometimes it's just a matter of holding their hand
Speaker 2: and making them feel confident, making them feel comfortable, making
Speaker 2: sure that they feel like they know what they're talking about. Overall,
Speaker 2: we say we provide hope, and it truly is. We
Speaker 2: provide hope people every day.
Speaker 3: So no, Terry didn't plan it all out. She just
Speaker 3: showed up on day one excited to work.
Speaker 4: And then she did that again and again and again
Speaker 4: and again again and again and again, again and again
Speaker 4: and again and again and again again, again and again
Speaker 4: and again and again and again.
Speaker 3: Well, you get the idea. Did you ever feel like
Speaker 3: sticking with this job for as long as you have
Speaker 3: that you missed other opportunities?
Speaker 5: Every now and then, when you're sitting alone and you're
Speaker 5: thinking about where you've been and what you've done your
Speaker 5: entire life, there comes a time when you wonder was
Speaker 5: there something else out there?
Speaker 2: Did I miss something? Should I have tried something else?
Speaker 2: And it comes back every time to me doing what
Speaker 2: you love and enjoying it is not worth my time
Speaker 2: to second guess. I've done this. I'm happy, my family's happy.
Speaker 2: We're working with an organization that provides people hope. So
Speaker 2: there's times that you think about that and you turn
Speaker 2: around and say, no, what else could I have done
Speaker 2: that would have been this fulfilling?
Speaker 3: Well, Terry, I know you're pretty happy over there at Express,
Speaker 3: but if you ever want to switch it up, I
Speaker 3: think you've got a bright future in podcasting.
Speaker 2: I'm still nervous.
Speaker 3: For on the job. I'm Avery Thompson.
Speaker 1: A strong work ethic, takes pride in a job well done.
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Speaker 3: we understand how critical it is to manage your business
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