Someone asked me the other night at dinner what I loved about my job.
My answer:
There was a moment on an assembly line at a customer where a worker pulled me aside. She said to me that the quality of our plastic parts was everything to her. “How so?” I asked.
“If the quality of your parts is bad, the boss shuts down the line. If the boss shuts down the line, they send me home. If they send me home, I won’t get paid for today. If I don’t get paid, I struggle to put food on the table for my two kids.”
I realized in that moment that we were in the business of making plastic parts that enhance people’s lives and livelihoods.
That’s what I love about my job.