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Employees at the Clark's Fork Fish Hatchery near Cody conduct work on raceways. The houses in the background are residences for full-time employees. (Photo by Chris Martin/WGFD)
been the superintendent at Tillett since 2011.
" You learn to adapt to it, " Welch added.
" It is give-and-take with family. They help
you through it. I think it's important to have
some friends and some associations who aren't
at the hatchery. If the hatchery is the only
place you have, work is going home with
you every night. You have to get away and
do other things. "
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
It's important to have a balance no matter
the job or where you live. However, work-life
balance takes on a new meaning when you
live where you work.
" To be successful you need to find a balance, "
Welch said. " I've known a few people
over the years that after two or three years at
a hatchery they were burned out because they
had trouble leaving work at work. "
When Welch became a hatchery superintendent,
one of his former supervisors gave
him some sage advice about employees who
struggle with work-life balance.
" You have to keep your employees happy
at home or they're not going to be happy at
work, " Welch said. " You have to make certain
they make that work-life separation. If they
don't, their family life suffers and then their
work suffers even more. "
Part of achieving a healthy work-life balance
is employees being flexible to the needs of
others who work and live there. For instance,
if someone wants to attend their kids' school
functions, pitching in for extra on-duty work
or filling in where needed goes a long way
to promote a healthy work-life balance for
everyone.
Another factor is having hobbies or activities
away from the hatchery, and also, respect
for one's privacy.
" We work together and we practically live
together due to the close proximity of the
residences, " said Bart Burningham, superintendent
at the Ten Sleep Fish Hatchery. " In
addition, you constantly have visitors moving
around the facility at all hours of the day
and some of them don't necessarily respect
your privacy. As such, it's imperative that we
as coworkers give each other their space and
respect each other's privacy when we are not
on the clock and working at the hatchery. "
Building relationships with coworkers
goes a long way to make life easier living and
working at hatcheries. Welch said there are
employee get-togethers at Tillett. They meet
at one of the employees' houses, roast marshmallows
over a fire pit and just talk. However,
there's one rule.
" You can't talk about work, " Welch said.
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" You have to keep your employees
happy at home or they're not going
to be happy at work. You have to
make certain they make that worklife
separation. If they don't, their
family life suffers and then their work
suffers even more. " - Brad Welch

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