THG’s Post

For way over a decade I’ve worked at THG. We’ve had some hard times, and lots of amazing times. Times when I felt like quitting, and times where I felt on top of the world. When I joined THG we didn’t own a camera. There were no meeting rooms, the Staff technology team was 1 person, and we used staff as models - yes Dean Amery you’ve still got it! There were around 150 of us back then, and around 15 of them still work with me in THG Studios today. We’ve worked here long enough to remember the days when our entire organisation occupied a small rented office. We had meetings in a boiler room, and we all wore a THG uniform…YES! We all wore bright blue t-shirts with The Hut logo! Some of us even drove THG cars - remember those branded Toyota IQs!! The ‘Originals’ I call them. These special people, that I still work with today in THG Studios. People you trust implicitly and can rely on for support at any time, people like Rich Pickford, Nicola Yearsley, Wojciech Kropidlowski, Jason Broadhurst, Daniel Waterhouse, Sarah Field, Clare Longland, Holly Benjamin, and Michael Scott. It was great to catch up recently, and reminisce… about when the cupboard in our office became the fake tanning room ahead of the xmas party. Or the time when all staff had to form a human chain to unload hundreds of Wii consoles into the building. Or when Matt would walk about with a huge gold retro mobile phone all day. The office car park known as ‘the gravel pit’ where cars would be abandoned… There were times when the design team was asked to do some extraordinary things, for example we had to make Ben Hardcastle into an Ewok and photoshop exec headshots onto the bodies of superheroes, movie characters and more… But the best bit was undoubtably the people. The resilience that we developed over those early years, made us strong, relentless, and restless for more. We powered through, had each other’s backs. Crafted, grafted and pushed until the job was done. Never giving up. This special power we have is called JFDI. And that is why I am still here after all this time. Because where else can you see an opportunity and instantly move to change it. Our resilience and ability means we can pivot quicker, deliver faster, transform and adapt better than anyone else on the market. #20Years20Stories #WeAreTHG #THG20 Check out the pics John Gallemore Lucy Gorman Paul Bonner Matthew Moulding