Nancy Marsh

I would say, honestly, it's my dad. He had that mindset since I can remember - he gets up at 5 in the morning, even on weekends. As a kid, he would wake me up at 8 o'clock on Saturday, and I'd be like, it's Saturday, let me sleep, and he's like, you're wasting your time. He'd say you need to be productive, you need to not waste your time sleeping, because the day is so short. I didn't get that - it didn't click until I moved out. And I was like, oh my gosh, my dad was so right, because when I moved out, it was like a time bomb was gonna explode. Monday to Friday work, then I need to work out, get groceries, get everything done. My time was very valuable. I need to make sure that I'm utilizing it to the most of my ability, because at the end of the day, I want to make sure that I can go to sleep knowing that I had a productive day. My dad kind of engraved that in me, and my dad's healthy, no health problems, still like that till this day. That's what it is - even when my manager tells me, Nancy, if you can't do it, make sure you speak up, in my mind I'm like, that's engraved in me - work is work, we need to get things done. This is what's gonna put a roof over my place. It's hard for me to have an excuse. It's more of a, we need this, we need to get this done, unless I'm sick.

One of our challenges right now, and I'm pretty sure you heard in the news, is that with people retiring here in the next couple years, the skill set's not there. I think that's one of the reasons why U.S. Steel is pushing people to essentially go into trades and go into careers that we're basically not going to have anyone to replace the individuals that are going to be retiring here soon. That's one of the scares that we're having right now in recruiting, and it is a scary feeling because essentially it makes our job harder sometimes - we need to find that talent and that experience and skill set. Certain positions are not very advertised to be the go-to opportunity. It's always just colleges and going to the medical field, business, engineering, but there's so much out there that students need that reassurance, like, it's okay not to go to college. Go into a trade, go into these small universities where you can just get an associate's and then get in the door without having to invest so much money in a degree that you're not even quite sure you're going to be even utilizing.