Icewater Seafoods Employee celebrates 50-year milestone
Arnold’s Cove, NL
Today, Hubert Warren celebrates an incredible milestone; his 50th anniversary working in the Arnold’s Cove, NL plant.
“I first walked through the doors of the fish plant in my hometown on Monday, February 1, 1971,” Hubert said as he marked 50 years. “People might think that means I’m retiring, but I’m not ready for that yet. I still enjoy coming to work and I’m proud of the work we do here.”
Hubert’s first day was in the “old” plant which was located by the community wharf. In 1979, he moved to the “new” plant, which is the same facility he works in today.
“In his 50 years at a plant focused on working nearly year-round, Hubert may have handled more fish than anyone else in the fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador,” says Icewater Seafoods President & CEO, Alberto Wareham. “Hubert is quiet and modest. He is a hard worker. I know my late father, Bruce Wareham, valued Hubert’s commitment to his job and I share that appreciation. We’re really proud of his 50-year milestone and thank him for his dedication.”
Hubert has witnessed and been part of an evolution of technology that he could not have imagined in 1971. That year, technology news around the world included innovations like the availability of pocket-sized calculators. In 2021, he works in a fish plant where x-ray vision and water jets remove bones and portion cod fillets.
While he has seen many changes over the years, Hubert says he’s fortunate to have worked with many of the same people over his 50 years in the plant.
While he is the longest-standing employee, he has many colleagues with impressive anniversaries of their own. There are 17 employees have been working at the plant 40 years or more. Hubert has four siblings working at Icewater Seafoods, two brothers and two sisters. Together, they’ve worked 189 years at the Arnold’s Cove plant.
“I always refer to Icewater Seafoods as a family company. When I say that, it’s not just about the Wareham family. We have multiple members of many local families working in our plant. They have been and continue to be so important to the success we’ve achieved together,” Wareham added. “The Warren family is certainly a great example of that, and we’re grateful they’ve chosen to stick with us year after year.”
This morning, Alberto Wareham, presented Hubert with a plaque and token of appreciation for five decades of commitment to his job and the company.