EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Paul Jones

Location

Braeside Melbourne, Victoria 

How long have you worked at Toro?

Just under 7 years

Current Position at Toro

Territory Manager, Garden, Victoria

What motivates you to work hard?

Seeing the results I achieve when I have completed a job or task.

What is your favourite thing about your career?

That I have been able to get to where I am on my own by working hard

What would you do (for a career) if you weren’t working at Toro?

I’d probably still be in Bunnings.

What is the weirdest job you have ever had?

Working at a Bottle recycling place or Grape Picking

Married, Children?

De-facto relationship. Between the two of us we have 7 Children and 3 Grandchildren, including Alice, for all you Brady Bunchers!

What is the one thing you cannot resist?

Maltesers’

What is your greatest fear?

Heights

Where is your favourite place to be?

I’d have to say Port Douglas or Airlie Beach

Where is the best place you have travelled and why?

I’d have to say Hawaii. There is so much to do. Pearl Harbor, bush walking, snorkeling, cliff diving.

Favorite line from a movie?

If you build it, he will come, Field of Dreams

Have you ever made a decision that changed your entire life?

When I left Australia Post and started my own business

Stay in or go out on a Saturday night?

Go out

What chore do you absolutely hate doing?

Mowing the lawn, it takes an hour to do it

Beach or Countryside?

Beach

Facebook or Instagram?

Neither, I’m not big on everyone knowing my business

Biggest pet peeve?

Seeing people not working when they should be.

What would you name the autobiography of your life?

Regrets, Dreams and Reality

Do you speak more than one language?

No

If you could meet anyone, living or dead who would you meet?

Winston Churchill

What Three words describe you best?

Loyal, Dedicated, Passionate

What advice would you give 15 year old you?

If you work hard you can achieve anything you want. Don’t ever let anyone tell you, you can’t.