Hidden Figures: A Love Letter to the Real MVPs

29 Apr 2025

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Hidden Figures: A Love Letter to the Real MVPs

Let’s be honest, when Labour Day rolls around, most of us think: “Yay, long weekend!”. Maybe a quick scroll through social media, a brunch plan, and a mental note to “honour workers.”. But this year, let’s go a little deeper (don’t worry, not too deep—we’re not trying to get existential).

Let’s talk about the people who rarely get the spotlight but quite literally keep our world spinning: the hidden figures of our workforce.

We’re talking about:

Cleaners who scrub toilets so we don’t have to.

Garbage collectors who brave the smell of “whatever-that-was”.

Security guards who are more alert at 3AM than we are after two coffees.

Delivery riders who know the shortcut to your house better than your best friends.

They are THE background heroes (a.k.a. the REAL main characters).

Janitors, bus drivers, domestic helpers, construction workers, and all the behind-the-scenes superheroes.

They are THE background heroes (a.k.a. the REAL main characters).

They may not be posting “#BossBabe” or doing Zoom calls in blazers, but they’re the reason we get to live the lives we do. These are the people who quietly (and sometimes not-so-quietly) show up and handle the stuff no one really wants to do but absolutely needs to be done.

No filters. No fanfare. Just pure grit, resilience, and hustle.

Spoiler alert: Without them, everything falls apart (literally and figuratively).

The elevator that works? Thank the technician.

The food that made it to your table? Thank the rider, the cook, the dishwasher.

The clean floor at your office? That didn’t happen magically (this is not Hogwarts!).

We often don’t see them. But when they’re not around? Oh, we feel it.

So for this Labour Day, let’s not just “Like A Post”, let’s give them the respect they deserve.

Say “thank you” (with eye contact and a genuine smile please).

It’s great to post a quote, but we will skip them this time.

Instead, let’s do these:

Say “thank you” (with eye contact and a genuine smile please).
Fight for fair pay and benefits for ALL workers (cc: to all HR and Management Team).
Teach our kids that no job is beneath them, just as no worker is beneath respect.
Treat them well. Seriously.

Because they’re not “Just” workers.

They’re the reason the world keeps moving. We owe our comfortable and easy life to their hard work. They’re parents, daughters, sons, dreamers, fighters. They’re humans, just like us, only with stronger backs and probably better time management and grit (and probably complain less than most of us do).

So to the hidden figures, the ones sweeping the streets, guarding our buildings, and delivering joy in cardboard boxes (and all the figures that are always under appreciated and honoured): we see you. We salute you. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

And if no one else says it—you’re crushing it.

Happy Labour Day to the real ones <3

Today and every day—you matter.

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