{"id":360075,"date":"2022-01-20T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=360075"},"modified":"2022-01-20T06:06:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T20:06:45","slug":"cbp-gets-esgrs-2021-most-supportive-employer-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cbp-gets-esgrs-2021-most-supportive-employer-award\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP gets ESGR\u2019s \u20182021 Most Supportive Employer\u2019 award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection share a photo after CBP was given the \u201c2021 Most Supportive Employer\u201d award by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve yesterday. CBP officer and staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve Tanya Songsong-Diaz nominated her employer for the award. Holding the award is Port Director for the CNMI Jeffrey M. Hofschneider. (Joshua Santos)
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the CNMI received the \u201c2021 Most Supportive Employer\u201d award Tuesday from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, in honor of CBP\u2019s \u201cexemplary support of National Guard and Reserve member employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

ESGR CNMI Area Committee chair Dr. Rita Sablan and ESGR CNMI area chair emeritus in charge of employer outreach Rose Igitol visited the CBP office at the Francisco C. Ada\/Saipan International Airport Tuesday to present the award to Port director for the CNMI and Tinian son Jeffrey M. Hofschneider. <\/p>\n

CBP officer and staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve Tanya Songsong-Diaz nominated her employer, CBP, for the award.<\/p>\n

Songsong-Diaz said she nominated Hofschneider and CBP for the award for being supportive of the demands that come with being a reservist. She said there have been many times where she had to leave on short notice, and CBP has continued to accommodate her.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the beginning of my career, my employer has always been supportive of me. There were numerous times that I\u2019ve had to leave on short notice, and [CBP has] never had any issues with that; they\u2019ve always been supportive [of] all my military missions that come up at the last moment,\u201d said Songsong-Diaz. <\/p>\n

Songsong-Diaz has been working at CBP since 2018, and has been a reservist for about 23 years now. Songsong-Diaz added that there are three other reservists working at CBP: one is part of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, one part of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and one is part of the U.S. Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

Hofschneider said he and CBP have been nominated and awarded the ESGR \u201cPatriotic Employer\u201d award before, and this additional ESGR award \u201cspeaks volumes\u201d of how his employees who are also reservists think of him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI am honored to receive this award, and the fact that my employees feel that I\u2019m deserving of this award in itself is an award to me,\u201d said Hofschneider.<\/p>\n

Sablan shared with Saipan Tribune that CBP and Hofschneider were supposed to receive the award during an \u201cEmployer Awards Ceremony\u201d in Guam last year, but the event was cancelled for COVID-19 safety reasons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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