No Snow Days for Our Staffing Service!

Last Friday night (March 29) as Mother Nature showed her stuff, I was very apprehensive about having no one show up for work on the 3^rd shift at KTG. The regular Team Lead was out and I had asked one of the other team members, Rico Harris (Big Brim, pictured above with Ann), to step up to the plate and act as Lead until her return. He readily accepted this task and was the person who rang my phone around 11:20PM telling me that only he and TWO others had shown up so far. I made several phone calls, all to no avail – and had to end up calling Rico back with the news that those three workers would be on their own.

With a team of only three employees when the norm is eight - Rico Harris, Annie Osby and Junior Davis worked diligently throughout the night and completed the shift. Annie, being the only female, stepped up and coordinated the process – giving the guys instructions as to what she needed them to do while she did all of the palletizing. To put this into perspective, production for a team of eight is 75-80 pallets per shift. Annie completed 43 alone! BRIM, ANNIE and JUNIOR - You three showed leadership and dedication. These are qualities that would make any employer proud. Great job!

Juanita Johnson
juanita@advancememphis.org