Ann-Kristin

Name + age + where you come from:

• Ann-Kristin
• I am 40 years old
• Nes

How long have you worked at Norske Backer:

• 19 years this the summer

What position do you have and what do you do at work:

• Production employee
• I am where there is a need, mainly in the HVAC department.

What do you like about the job – do you enjoy it?

• I enjoy my colleagues, and I enjoy what I do.
• I'm enjoying myself.
• It doesn't matter where I am in production, as long as I have something to do.

How did you find and get a job here?

• I worked with children and young people, and I became unemployed when the engagement ended. Kim then told Uno that "my wife is going to be unemployed", then Uno called and said, "send your wife to work". I started a week before Kim came back after the summer holidays.

What education/background do you have:

• I studied design for a year, but I didn't want to move to go further. Then I started working with children and young people through the old “A-etat”, until I started working here. I took a year of health and social studies when I worked with children and young people, and I also took accountancy afterwards privately for fun.
• I have also taken several courses from A-hus, the hospital, which are about personality, hygiene, and infection control. That is, within health and social care.

What do you do in your spare time? Do you have any hobbies?

• I work out. It depends a bit on the seasons though. Boating in the spring, summer, and autumn. I drive a quad bike. I like those “boy stuff”. A lot of time goes to the children, they are given priority.

A fun and completely random thing?

• How many countries have you visited?
  • Nine  
• What is your favorite fruit? Favorite dish?
  • It must be banana. It must be tacos, food in general really.
• Do you sing in the shower? In the car?
  • I sing everywhere I go. Not pretty, but I sing
• What do you listen to in the car? Music, podcast, radio, nothing?
  • Music or radio, I vary.