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# Employee Reflection: Pollyanna Reedy

DLA Disposition Services Fort Hood

### Management and Program Analyst Pollyanna Reedy

                Pollyanna Reedy                            Management and Program Analyst Pollyanna Reedy            SHARE IMAGE:Download ImageImage DetailsPhoto By: Pollyanna ReedyVIRIN: 220613-D-AA987-5677**Can you tell us about yourself?** I am a very positive outgoing person.  I strive to do everything to the best of my ability.

**Describe your job in a sentence or two. What do you do specifically?** In this position my biggest responsibility is to keep the Area Manager informed of the site financial standing.  Process all financial documents to include monthly site supply orders.

**How long have you worked for the federal government including military service**? I have only been with DLA for 2 years, but I have been with the Federal government for a total of 17 years.  I do not have any prior military service, my father served 25 years in the Army, so I knew that was not going to be the career choice for me!

**What is your favorite memory with DLA Disposition Services?** My favorite memory of DLA so far would be when Mr. Cannon came for a visit, and I was presented with DLA coin.

**What aspect(s) of your current job gives you the most personal satisfaction and why?** It gives me great satisfaction to know I am doing a good job.  I can sometimes be a bit competitive, so I know my goal is always to do a better job than the person I am replacing.  I have no doubt in my mind that Barb is satisfied with the level of professionalism, and the quality of work I have done so far.

**What is the best piece of advice someone has given you?**The best piece of advice I have received is to not take everything so personal.  It is a challenge with the training method is trial and error, and I take it so personal when I make an error or when the process changes and I must redo something. 

**What kind(s) of training and education helps your work performance in your current role?**The training I received while earning my DOD Financial Management Certification was the most beneficial training, I have received prior to accepting this position.  It gave me a better understanding government finance. My current position involves more than just the financial, but I feel the financial is the most important.

**Where do you see yourself five years from now?** I can see myself holding my current position for more than 5 years from now.  I am truly happy with my position and have no desire to change.

**Tell us something that most people might not know about you or your directorate?**Most people don’t know that I was an over-the-road truck driver. I was raised right here in Killeen, Texas so when I was 25, I went to truck driving school and learned to drive 18-wheel trucks.

**What was your first job? **My first driving job was with Steven’s Transport out of Dallas, Texas. For the next 15 years I was able to travel to the lower 48 states and Canada. While I enjoyed traveling around when it was time for my first grandchild to be born, I knew it was time to stay home.   Thanks to my accident-free driving record I was able to qualify for my first government job at the Recycle Center as a dumpster truck driver.  It took 3 years of driving before I was offered my first office job. I worked at the Recycle center for a total of 10 years.  During that time, I earned my associate degree and began learning more about the financial aspect of the government.

**Name your favorite/recent book(s) you have read.** I am a very avid reader and will read anything I can get my hands on.  To show the wide spectrum of different types of books I enjoy, the last two books I have competed were Karen Kingsbury – Even Now and Kel Carpenter – Queen of the Damned. My personal goal has been to read at least one book a month. 

**What are some of your passions outside of work?** Papercrafts; I love to scrapbook and make greeting cards.  I have struggled lately to keep up with family birthdays and holidays to make cards for anyone outside of my family.  I have planners that I have turned into scrapbooks to mark special days in my life for the last five years. 

**What is your favorite quote?  **Habits – It is often said that the secret to our success is hidden within our daily routines.  For all “big” things are really just the sum of a million “little” things done consistently, done diligently over time.  And how beautiful is it to know that we have the power to create our reality one short day at a time.  One simple choice at a time.  One sweet thought at a time.  So tell me now, Can you see how your habits are creating your reality today?

**What’s the most thrilling/adventurous thing you have ever done?**The most thrilling or adventurous think I have done in the last couple of years is learn how to ride a motorcycle. I have had many ups and downs with learning to ride, but I am not ready to give up and hope to one day have my own motorcycle and able to go on rides with my husband. 

 

 

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