THG’s Post

I owe a lot to THG, professionally and personally. Who would have thought a coffee with a good friend, Max, would have turned into some of the best years of my career.   I’ve still got a lot to learn, but over the past 8-years, I’ve done more than I could have ever dreamed of when I walked into Meridian House in September 2016   I have so many fond memories from my time at THG, but I hold my first few years very close to me as they taught me a lot about work ethic, resilience, and the importance of having a solid team around you.    It wasn’t my favourite memory at the time, but looking back, the race to get to Gadbrook Park before 07:30am to get a parking space was a genuine thrill. I always managed to get a space, but this meant that I also always managed to block myself in until the early evening. It was like a game of Jenga.   Even though it meant having to stay later, it meant that I had every opportunity to finish the day with a clear schedule going into the next day. It also meant that I got to spend more time with people who have become some of my closest friends (They all had the same mentality and approach!). I will never forget the countless journeys to universities up and down the country on our graduate roadshows making sure that we hired the best graduates in those years, or the first ever Black Friday that we had our own warehouse management platform running our orders. Only to get a call to arms from Matthew Moulding asking for anyone that wasn’t trading a site to head to the warehouse to help pick and pack customer orders. During that time, I remember seeing Matthew Moulding, John Gallemore and the rest of the exec team rolling up their sleeves and getting those boxes packed – It was one of the moments that I realised I don’t work for any business, I work for one where no job wasn’t yours, if you can help – Do it.    Fast forward to today, THG is a different business but the principles that underpin everything we do are the same: work hard, keep going. It’s that pace and constant determination that has kept me here for 8 years and will hopefully keep me for many more Steph Wright Andrew Graham Konrad Hill #20Years20Stories #WeAreTHG #THG20