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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 187008" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Jerry and Linda, I'm really enjoying reading your posts and your perspective on things. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I like the sound of how you run things and how you treat your employees - if nothing else, people that have worked for you for such long amounts of time shows that you must be doing something right. ;-)</p><p></p><p>Born2run and I are well acquainted, and I'll admit listening to some stories has me a little concerned about what things could be like elsewhere. LOL. I have a wonderful boss, but I won't be here forever. I'm heading to college this fall and had just planned on picking up a p/t job at a dairy at the same time. I have other skills, but the dairy cattle hold a certain fascination for me. ;-) This is the only job I've held, only boss I've known, and naively I'd just assumed anywhere else would be good as well - until I heard a few stories. LOL. So it's good to hear about other good employers. :nod:</p><p></p><p>As you've probably guessed by now, I am one of those "part time high school kids" - but be careful of lumping us all into one group! :lol: I don't doubt a lot of them - even most - have serious problems with commitment, but I'm not one of them. Boss wanted to know back in the beginning if I'd be here during the big vacation he had planned (almost 18 months from when I started - it was last fall), and I said sure. A few months ago he offered me a trade - couple weaned heifer calves for a bonus I hadn't yet earned (future) and a verbal promise that I'd be here through August. He knows what I want - heifers, LOL - and it was an excellent deal for both of us; esp since I wasn't planning to leave until fall when I went to college anyway. :lol:</p><p></p><p>I really do believe that you treat employees well and they'll be loyal to the farm...I know I've turned down quite a few jobs lately that were offered to me out of the blue, and good jobs, at that, that would have paid better than where I'm at now. But it goes back to that loyalty...and of course the promises I've made.</p><p></p><p>Jerry, any comments on...oh, college students and what you'd feel the average, good employer is looking for in a prospective employee? I get the feeling you don't really want anyone but fulltime adults that are planning to stay for years, and that I can understand. What percentage of the dairies do you think feel that way? I know with the right job I'd be around for a good four years, maybe more, after - if it were the right job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 187008, member: 852"] Jerry and Linda, I'm really enjoying reading your posts and your perspective on things. :) I like the sound of how you run things and how you treat your employees - if nothing else, people that have worked for you for such long amounts of time shows that you must be doing something right. ;-) Born2run and I are well acquainted, and I'll admit listening to some stories has me a little concerned about what things could be like elsewhere. LOL. I have a wonderful boss, but I won't be here forever. I'm heading to college this fall and had just planned on picking up a p/t job at a dairy at the same time. I have other skills, but the dairy cattle hold a certain fascination for me. ;-) This is the only job I've held, only boss I've known, and naively I'd just assumed anywhere else would be good as well - until I heard a few stories. LOL. So it's good to hear about other good employers. :nod: As you've probably guessed by now, I am one of those "part time high school kids" - but be careful of lumping us all into one group! :lol: I don't doubt a lot of them - even most - have serious problems with commitment, but I'm not one of them. Boss wanted to know back in the beginning if I'd be here during the big vacation he had planned (almost 18 months from when I started - it was last fall), and I said sure. A few months ago he offered me a trade - couple weaned heifer calves for a bonus I hadn't yet earned (future) and a verbal promise that I'd be here through August. He knows what I want - heifers, LOL - and it was an excellent deal for both of us; esp since I wasn't planning to leave until fall when I went to college anyway. :lol: I really do believe that you treat employees well and they'll be loyal to the farm...I know I've turned down quite a few jobs lately that were offered to me out of the blue, and good jobs, at that, that would have paid better than where I'm at now. But it goes back to that loyalty...and of course the promises I've made. Jerry, any comments on...oh, college students and what you'd feel the average, good employer is looking for in a prospective employee? I get the feeling you don't really want anyone but fulltime adults that are planning to stay for years, and that I can understand. What percentage of the dairies do you think feel that way? I know with the right job I'd be around for a good four years, maybe more, after - if it were the right job. [/QUOTE]
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