Today was my last day working as a part-time baker at Great Harvest Sandpoint. It is the end of a part-time job that I took to help pay the bills while still in graduate school but held onto for 6 months after graduate school ended. It was fun to go back and read about taking the job. It is sad that I had to finally give up the job, as I did enjoy it. But with the upcoming move (in 16 days) to South Lake Union it was time to say goodbye. Nate and Dayspring Schlachter, the owners of the bakery and my boss were excellent to work for. The motto of Great Harvest is “Be loose and have fun. Make phenomenal Bread. Run fast to help customers. Create Strong Exciting Bakeries. And give generously to others.” and Nate and Dayspring certainly embody all these. More than once I have seen Dayspring run across the bakery to help a customer, or Nate give out free samples of coffee, bread, or muffins. Their generosity not only spills into customers but also into their employees. When we had to come in at midnight for holidays we would always have a fresh supply of vegetables and fruit, gatorade, and pizza to help make it through the night. So thank you Nate and Dayspring to being who you are to your employees and you the company you work for. And here’s to the next chapter of friendship. Washers on the roof deck, fires on the roof deck, New Belgium Beers at Nana’s, and soon-to-be road trips to Fort Collins as well as soon-to-be camping trips.

Just for fun I did a rough (conservative) calculation of what I made as a part-time baker for 15 months:

peace
joel