We have all thought it…
Some of us thought it while sitting at our desks, putting in overtime late on a Friday night. Others have thought it while out in the field, running around in the pouring rain to meet clients or maybe they were waist deep in a trench of mud, repairing a sewer line. We lay in bed at night, feet aching, head swimming with lists of things that still need to be finished, and as we reach over to set our alarm clock for yet another early morning, we think,
‘If only my boss REALLY knew what I do for this company.”
He said, “Son, a man that is too big for the small job, is too small for the big job.”
This would later become a foundational piece for a company that would be built by that young, ambitious son in 1994, called Jireh Industrial Services. Every morning, Tom Duby wakes up next to his beautiful wife of 30 years, and instead of grabbing his suit and tie, he reaches for his work boots and safety jacket before he heads to the office. He celebrates the success of his company with the people who helped it get there, and as he crawls into the muddy trench with his foreman to brainstorm a custom piece to build, he is reminded that there is still paperwork to be done at the office.
Does he own a plush leather chair, you ask? Of course, it’s in his office right next to his worn leather work gloves.
Tom Duby, President and CEO of JIS.