EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Vivienne Shaughnessy

 

 

 

Vivienne Shaughnessy

 

 

 

 

 

Location

Adelaide

 

How long have you worked at Toro?

5 Years 

 

Current Position at Toro

Sales & Marketing Administrator for Retail & Trade Irrigation

 

What motivates you to work hard?

Money

 

What is your favourite thing about your career?

The people I work with

 

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

A bee keeper

 

What is the weirdest job you have ever had?

I haven’t really had any weird jobs.  I spent a summer in Frankfurt making sandwiches. Wasn’t that weird but there was a few weird people working there

 

Married, Children?

Married, no kids

 

Do you have any pets?

Yes, 2 dogs and 2 cats

 

What is the one thing you cannot resist?

Hot chips.  Adelaide do some of the best

 

What is your greatest fear?

All of my teeth falling out at the same time

 

Where is the best place you have travelled and why?

Hard to pick one.  Ortygia, Syracuse in Sicily.  Amazing fruit and seafood markets.  The food, the history, the scenery.  Still unspoiled by tourists

 

Favorite line from a movie?

Hey you guys! – The Goonies

 

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

Yes, a few.  Moving from Ireland to London and then London to Adelaide

 

Stay in or go out on a Saturday night?

Stay in

 

What is one thing people would never know about you?

I make a really good Irish coffee

 

What chore do you absolutely hate doing?

Weeding

 

Beach or Countryside?

Both

 

Facebook or Instagram?

Facebook

 

Biggest pet peeve?

Drivers that take ages to take off when the light turns green

 

What would you name the autobiography of your life?

Viv

 

Do you speak more than one language?

Yes, Gaelic

 

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

Betty White

 

What Three words describe you best?

Fun, Generous, Kind

 

What advice would you give 15 year old you?

Keep on keeping on!