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