Gente v3 draft 1 8 by juan david quintero

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This number is all about passion. What soccer moved in our heartsâ&#x20AC;Ś read about those feelings! When talking about the willingness to help others, to be there for the community, Leonardo Carrasco, our fireman will tell about that passion. And Marianela Carvajal, will share some secret feelings living in her garden. Take the time to know your partners, read and enjoy! Alejandra Martin, HR BP Communications, Finance, HR, Legal & Sourcing

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How does your garden grow? Marianela Carvajal, HR Generalist based in Costa Rica spoke with Gente about her passion for gardening.

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HR team members celebrate their RLAM pride For Latin America, the World Cup is more than soccer teams playing for a tournament, it represents the passion of a continent united by a sport that moves the world.

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How does your garden

Marianela Carvajal, HR Generalist based in Costa Rica spoke with Gente about her passion for gardening.

So we are going to talk about gardening! Yes we are! Gardening is my passion, although it wasn’t always my passion, not until later in my life. My mother always loved plants. She has a big garden and as she waters her plants, she talks to them. When I was a teenager I used to try to make her stop, saying “the neighbors will think you are crazy.” She says that talking to plants helps them to grow healthy. For me, that was a very strange passion and behavior. While I lived at my parents’ home, I was

never interested in gardening and I even used to make fun of my mother (with love). But that changed… Completely. When I got married, my husband and I bought a house without garden. It was a big house with a lot of space but no garden. My mom bought me a small Jade plant, which is the plant for the prosperity of the household. She told me to put the Jade next to the main door, with good air and she insisted that the plant be placed where my husband and I would come by regularly. I didn’t pay attention to her and

left the plant where she put it. One day, cleaning the house, I moved it to another room; soon after it turned yellow and sad looking. I told my mother and she came back with of the same advice. That time I followed her instructions and the Jade bounced back. How did this first plant given as a housewarming gift lead to the passion you feel today and the big garden you have now? We decided to move house and we started to build a new one: with a big garden and backyard. And with big glass doors and picture windows.

After living downtown, surrounded by buildings, we decided to move to a place surrounded by nature. When we moved to the new house we started to work hard in the garden. Everything was to be done: there was nothing but construction debris. We did it all together and it became our hobby. We bought grass panels, plants and seeds… and I started to copy my mom. As the saying goes around, when you complain about your mother, you will be like her when you grow up! How much time do you dedicate to your garden? Every single weekend! It takes a lot of time. We have every kind of flowers possible for our country weather. And the flowers bring butterflies and birds. Nature is marvellous. The “Lantanas” are the ones that captures butterflies’ attention and the “verdolagas” only open with a bright shining sun… if it’s cloudy, they won’t open their petals.

Moras

Birds must be happy living and visiting your garden! Yes, I think so. It’s very beautiful in the afternoon and early in the mornings. It really helps you to “unplug.” All weekend long, I wear a big hat and a pair of boots and I sit down on the ground to work and talk with my plants. The only sources of stress are the ants!

And your husband works with you in the garden? Yes, he does, we both love it and share this passion. But when I talk to my plants he tries to stop me saying the same word I used to say to my mom “the neighbors will think you are crazy.” And the story comes full circle!

Gardening has helped me with my other passion: the macro pictures. The flowers attract insects and they both attract my camera! I have a big album of bug pics, thanks to my plants. I also have “moras” and they love sun… the “moras” attract the “yiguirros,” the national bird of Costa Rica. Lantanas

HR team members celebrate

their RLAM pride

For Latin America, the World Cup is more than soccer teams playing for a tournament, it represents the passion of a continent united by a sport that moves the world. During those weeks, people cheered, cried, and even bit their nails in support of their teams, and RLAM HR was no exception. We put our jerseys on, wore our hats, and made sure everyone noticed that our hearts were in Brazil represented by each of our team players. Ericsson RLAM was a great place to share the incredible moments of this great event, and whether a victory or a defeat, we got the opportunity to take a break from our everyday tasks and feel the passion of this great sport.

“Deborah Sasahara, Daniela Lemos and Iraci Azevedo, “torcedoras” de Brazil.

“With each victory, our patriotic pride increased. These victories reminded us of the importance of playing as a team and that through fair play we can achieve great things. Our soccer team made it worth taking a break from our work to support and cheer for them. The defeat was painful, like a heartbreak… Despite our loss, we always believed in our team, and in the end we got our

payback (It was Yepes’ goal)” – Ana Margarita Camargo (Colombia) “The main impact for me was how it brought me closer to my colleagues from other countries, such as Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Holland... as shared informal comments about the matches between our countries. It was an opportunity to “break the ice” with colleagues abroad” – Alceu Corrocher (Brazil) “In Costa Rica we lived it, PURA VIDA”- Marianela Carvajal (Costa Rica)

HR Team in Argentina, ready to support the “albiceleste”

“This was my second World Cup in Ericsson, and just like four years ago, the feeling you get when you have 200 people cheering on your national team is incredible. We all got to enjoy lunch together during games time, so it was twice as good! “– Eliana Sporn (Argentina)

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The heated passion of one RLAM team member Leonardo Carrasco, a Health and Safety Coordinator in Ericsson’s Santiago, Chile office, during his free time trades in his laptop and sport coat for a hose and a helmet as a volunteer firefighter in the city. Leo, you have a very warm story to tell… Yes! Though hot may be a better word than warm: I’m a volunteer fireman! I started 19 years ago, when I was a teenager. I was still in high school and I divided my time between school and the firehouse. How is that you decided you wanted to be a firefighter? Did any of your relatives act as a role model? My cousins are also firemen with the Santiago’s Firemen Department. My brother started and then I joined. Later, my father joined, following in our footsteps, when he was in his fifties! In fact you can join at any age because there is a lot more to being a firefighter than going to put out a fire. My father is a mechanical engineer working in structural design. So he is a trainer, he trains firefighters about dangers in buildings.

There are many civil construction engineers working as volunteer firemen. They also are advisors or trainers in areas like electricity, prevention, sensors, etc. How does a volunteer organization like that work? Firefighters, at least in Chile, are all volunteers. There are paid personnel but they are the truck drivers or the dispatchers. The rest of the Department is 100% volunteers.

This is an organization of very service-oriented individuals. They are driven by the aim of helping others, helping society. In Chile there have been many discussions and government offers to pay firefighters a salary… but the offers have always been turned down by firefighters. It wouldn’t be the same! The service vocation and sacrifice goes with the volunteer activity.

And how do you manage the risk of exposing yourself to the danger inherent in firefighting? It was different when I was single and had no kids. When I was younger, I used to enter everywhere, taking risks and accepting the possible consequences. Now that I have a family, just thinking about them makes me be more cautious. So the new members are always the ones that take more risks. It happens generation over generation. The new members generally take all the risk… they are 110% committed! What kinds of things are part of the fireman expertise? Of course, the most known is related with fire and how to put it out, but we also face situations where we need to help rescue people from vehicles, hazardous materials, closed spaces and air, major earthquakes, etc. Is there a specific experience as a firefighter that you would like to share with GENTE? There are many… I can’t pick one experience. But overall I can tell you that the best moment is when you get to rescue someone from a vehicle, when they are stuck and you finally get them out. It’s the most powerful “thank you.” And how do you manage the other kind of situations? The ones that a rescue attempt was not successful?

That is really tough… but there is a procedure we put into action when there is a traumatic rescue. We all get together at the station and we do a sort of group therapy. Everyone is allowed to cry and shout. Sometimes the images are very hard and they stick with you for months, but the good thing is that soon comes a new emergency dispatch that puts you back on the road. How are volunteers recruited? There are always people from the station inviting others to join. It’s great to see how this is a never ending chain.

Where do the funds needed to maintain the company come from? This is a non-lucrative company financed annually by private and public funds. The community always helps. The lottery, a bingo, a party… there are lots of creative ideas when it comes to generating extra income! But it’s not an easy task, that’s why firefighters today are no longer available to save the cat in the tree! That was in fact very common in the past. Believe it or not, in the past we were also called to fill up pools… Thanks for sharing your story with Gente! It is a pleasure to share this passion of mine with my team!