06/03/2026
🚨 HAAS WEEKLY GUESSING GAME — WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
👋 Meet Joel Kulesa, or as most of you know him, "Junior" — a Supervisor on the Crushing Crew at Haas!
Junior's journey with Haas started in a unique way. After graduating high school, he spent the summer working for the City of Thorp. Partway through that summer, he found his way onto the Haas Crushing Crew as a laborer. Don't ask us exactly how it happened—you'll likely get a good story from Junior if you do! Over the past 18 years, Junior has built an impressive career with Haas. After 5 years as a laborer, he was promoted to Equipment Operator, where he spent another 5 years before moving into a Foreman position. Today, he serves as a Supervisor on the Crushing Crew.
When asked why he's stayed with Haas all these years, Junior said, "No day is ever the same. I'm always doing different tasks, facing new challenges, and it's never boring."
If you know Junior, you know he'll always tell you a good story. And if he comes into the office looking clean, it might be worth asking if he's feeling okay! Most days, he's covered in dust from wherever the job has taken him. If you ask Junior where he's been that day, you might want to pull up a chair first—you're about to hear a long list of jobs, projects, challenges, and places he's been before stopping by the office.
Junior has seen tremendous growth throughout his career at Haas. As he puts it, "I started when we had one crusher and 10 employees, and two of them were Jake and Jason. Now we're up to 60 employees and 7 crushers."
Junior is also featured in today's photo holding the winner announcement sign and is excited to announce this week's winner!
🎉 Congratulations, Sarah Schesel-Hempleman, for being our Round 4 Winner! 🎉
✅ The correct answer was B) Base Course.
Thank you, Junior, for your 18 years of hard work, dedication, and never leaving us short on stories. We're proud to have you on the Haas team!
Stay tuned for the next round of the Haas Weekly Guessing Game!