Cyndi Wass calls going to work at age 18 at Eastern Fine Paper
"a no-brainer.
My parents both worked there, I had many, many relatives, cousins, uncles, grandparents,
and my mother [Lois Andrews] started when she got out of high school and was
there right up on through and so it was just not even a question."
Cyndi, who grew up in Brewer, began working at the mill in April 1978 as a high school senior.
"It was part-time for summer.
I got out on the school program early ‘cause I didn’t graduate ‘til June but because I
had a full part-time job the school let me out early.
And I started out as a receptionist answering the phones, greeting the people that came
through the door, and then by June there was a full-time opening and I moved out to
customer service at that point in time.
And that’s where I started my ‘long career.’"
Cyndi worked in customer service and administration at Eastern for 26 years, eventually
earning the title of customer service coordinator.
She says of her customers,
"We got very personal with them, you know they knew about our family, I knew about
their family."
When the mill closed its doors in early 2004, Cyndi found employment with PenBay
Computer Services in Hampden, Maine.
She and her husband live in Hampden, and have two daughters.
June 23, 2006 Interview with Cyndi Wass
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