Joseph Hughes

About Joseph

• I was born and raised in Sherman, Texas.
• When I was a few weeks from graduating high school early, I was told I needed to complete another year of the curriculum in order to graduate, so I decided to get my GED instead.
• I went away to college in Phoenix, Arizona, to pursue computer programming but had to come back home due to family matters.
• I was essentially homeless and going from house to house trying to find any handiwork jobs before eventually finding an industrial assembly job at Eaton through a temp agency.
• I was able to go back to school and earn a few certifications—all paid for by my employer!
• While working at Eaton, I moved up from industrial assembly to become a welder, which I did for a few years before moving up again to quality control.
• After a few more years, I took the test to move up to the final associate position as a front line lead supervisor.
• I worked as a supervisor for several years but decided to move back into maintenance because I missed working with my hands.