LIZ Montgomery is one in a thousand - that is why her bosses presented her with flowers and chocolates on her arrival at work.
It was a big surprise for the 59-year-old, who works at Asda, Hartlepool, as a greeter - welcoming customers and families to the store. She had not realised she was the 1,000th member of staff to be recruited at the store.
Steve Davidson, Tees Valley Jobcentre Plus district manager, congratulated her. "Over the past two years we have helped over a thousand people into work in the six Asda stores in Tees Valley and that is a tremendous achievement," he said.
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