Employee of the Month
January 2018
Jenny Hammock is our Employee of the Month for January. Here are a few tidbits about Jenny that you may or may not already know:
- What makes you laugh the most? My daughter, the TV show Parks and Rec, and Marty (partly because he quotes Parks and Rec!!).
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? I listen to mostly Top 40 stuff. I don’t remember the station IDs.
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep (and why)? The day of my first training in Talladega, AL. We woke up at 4ish in the morning and got home around 2:30am. I was SO close to going 24 hours, but I still had to come to the office the next day, so I crashed at 22.5.
- What’s your favorite family recipe? My family comes from England, so we eat a dish called Yorkshire pudding that we LOVE.
- Does your family have a “motto” – spoken or unspoken? If so, what is the motto? In a world where you can be anything--be kind.
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? No texting and driving.
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? I was a baby-sitter at 10. I used my earnings to take an American Heart Association baby-sitting class and CPR certification, so I could get more customers and charge more. If baby-sitting doesn’t count, then my first job was working the drive-thru at Carl’s Jr.
- What motivates you to work hard? So many things! I take pride in my work. I want to contribute to changing the lives of our customers. I also work hard to support my family and make them proud.
February 2018
Laura Axtell is our Employee of the Month for February. Here are a few tidbits about Laura that you may or may not already know:
- What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)? About 70 hours with NO sleep as part of a team that was preparing for a national audit. By the last day, a couple of people were hallucinating and couldn't even drive :)
- What's your favorite family recipe? My mom's homemade granola
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? Babysitting when I was 12 but my first real job was detasseling corn in Illinois when I was 14 (its a midwest thing)
- What motivates you to work hard? Doing new and challenging things that support a vision and mission and never being bored.
March 2018
Nate Smeding is our Employee of the Month for March. Here are a few tidbits about Nate that you may or may not already know:
- Did your siblings/friends give you a nickname when you were growing up? If so, what was the nickname? Scooter
- Who do you admire the most? My mom
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep (and why)? maybe 24 hours.. most likely I was out toilet papering houses
- What’s your favorite family recipe? Five Guys Burgers
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? Working games at Lagoon. I was 14
- What motivates you to work hard? The desire to support a family the very best I can
April 2018
Mike Dickson is our Employee of the Month for April. Here are a few tidbits about Mike that you may or may not already know:
- What makes you laugh the most? Lots of things make me laugh. As long as it’s not perilous, I often laugh at the misfortune of others. Fail videos can get me laughing pretty good sometimes. I also enjoy all manner of random humor. Random humor on Youtube will get me going. Like Rhett and Link, Key and Peele, Julian Smith, etc.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? Spotify and spotify. Haha. My music taste is different than most people. I don’t enjoy the radio much. I listen to all kinds of different rock music, from soft rock, to post hardcore (as long as there isn’t a lot of screaming). But what I like most is a harder rock with ambience incorporated. Something like the band Gates. I also enjoy me some dubstep once in a while.
- What’s your favorite family recipe? My Mom’s Chicken Broccoli Casserole! It’s amazing on its own. However, I like to throw Taco Bell’s fire sauce on it. Gives it a delicious flare!
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? I’d like to gloss over being a janitor and say that my first job after that was working at 5 Buck Pizza in West Jordan starting when I was 15. I was there 5 years before I left on my mission and it was a fun job because of the people I worked with.
- What motivates you to work hard? My Dad motivates me to work hard. Mostly because he is an amazing example of hard work himself. That, and our awesome purpose here!
May 2018
Jillian Kaster is our Employee of the Month for May. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Jillian:
- What makes you laugh the most? Sharing childhood stories with Sarah Mcmullin.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? NPR and The Current.
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? 17 hours- I will fall asleep anywhere.
- What’s your favorite family recipe? My Mom’s (and why)? My grandma’s hot fudge sauce.
- Does your family have a “motto” – spoken or unspoken? If so, what is the motto? No matter where you go, there you are.
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? All beginner readers must receive OG based phonics in grades K-3.
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? I was a granny sitter sophomore year of high school. Basically my job was to have conversation with a 90 year old women.
- What motivates you to work hard? I’m a team player and get energy from working with others.
June 2018
Charlotte Naylor is our Employee of the Month for June. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Charlotte:
- What makes you laugh the most? My husband, my critters, and of course KJ and Phil.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? 80’s on 8, NPR, and whatever channel the Royals game is on as I drive home.
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? I lost count at 36 hours - relocating a Blockbuster store.(RIP Store # 2183)
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? Hy-Vee grocery store (where there is a smile in every aisle) - 16
July 2018
Stacy Hurst is our Employee of the Month for July. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Stacy:
- What makes you laugh the most? At work, my team members because they are hilarious, any meeting in which I am sitting between Phill and Matt, and anytime Jon T. and Nate break into a spontaneous song and dance.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? NPR, NPR, and any station that plays Alternative music
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? The whole summer of 2011... I was writing Discovery.
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? Besides babysitting, picking cherries and delivering newspapers. I was about 12.
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? Mandatory naps and that RH would be used to teach EVERYONE how to read. Yes, it would be two things combined in the same law.
- What motivates you to work hard? Learning new things, having fun, and working on things that have meaning, purpose, or useful application.
August 2018
Brooke Foged is our first Employee of the Month for August. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Brooke:
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? Unsurprisingly, I got the idea for my first paid job from a book series. I was (am) a die-hard Babysitter’s Club fan. What little girl of the eighties didn’t want to be Claudia, the avant garde fashionista, or Stacey, the super cool diabetic? I was always more of a cross between Mary Anne and Kristy. Anyway, I thought they were totally radical. In the back of one of the books, I noticed an ad for babysitting certification from the Red Cross. I was all over it! I learned basic first aid, infant CPR, and so much more. I got paid when I was a kid (maybe 13 and up), and I still use my skillz to this day.
- What motivates you to work hard? I work my hardest when I know that what I’m doing helps others. I’ll never be able to work for a paycheck or prestige; that’s not me. I need to know that I’m making a positive difference.
Joe Billman is our second Employee of the Month for August. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Joe:
- What makes you laugh the most? Funny movies and my kids.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? 105.9 and 99.5.
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? 40 something hours. I had to work the night shift the day before my brother got married.
- What’s your favorite family recipe? Chocolate Cookies.
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? Daily Dota hour for everyone
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? One of my neighbors had a lawn care service business that I worked for when I was 14.
- What motivates you to work hard? Inner drive to do good.
September 2018
Jen Bishop is our Employee of the Month for September. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Jen:
- What makes you laugh the most? My daughter.
- What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most? Classic Rock and Oldies (I’m a sucker for Sinatra)
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep (and why)? Years....have a preemie baby born 8 weeks early, but it was all worth it.
- What’s your favorite family recipe? Corned beef and cabbage, a classic for the Irish.
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? The first law that I would introduce is that Parents must read aloud every day to their children.
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? My first official paying job was at an ice cream shop at age 14.
- What motivates you to work hard? My family is my number one motivator.
October 2018
Mike Gardner is our Employee of the Month for October. Here are a few things you may or may not know about Mike:
- What’s your favorite family recipe? Key Lime Pie
- If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce? Government subsidized broadcasting of the New England Sports Network (NESN ) to all citizens, including free streaming of all Boston Red Sox games. The second law would be higher taxes for all Yankee fans.
- What was your first paid job? How old were you? At age 11 I started working for my dad’s friend who was a construction contractor.
- What motivates you to work hard? Opportunities to spend time with my family.
