$12 an hour for "works like two people" sounds like punishing people for working hard to me. Why would anyone with talent or work ethic sign on for that in this economy?Most liberals would agree. Rewarding mediocrity is a better way right?
When those phones became popular some of the employees I worked with lived on them. Once state policy, procedures and practices were in place it helped. Some people have a lot of baggage and drama going on in their life. One guy ran to that dam phone every few minutes as I finally figured out he had over a 1000 friends befriended on Facebook and every time he got a hit it was grab the phone.We've landed to really good hands in the past week. Hung a sign on the board at the feed store for 18.00 per hour.
Only two applicants. 61 and 63 years old both retired. One just wants to do ranch type work the other has his wife in a exclusive Alzheimer's facility and needs extra money to help with the bill. I like em both. Show up on time, have savy and thick skin. Never on their phone.
New joke around here ...AARP fence company.
We've landed to really good hands in the past week. Hung a sign on the board at the feed store for 18.00 per hour.
Only two applicants. 61 and 63 years old both retired. One just wants to do ranch type work the other has his wife in a exclusive Alzheimer's facility and needs extra money to help with the bill. I like em both. Show up on time, have savy and thick skin. Never on their phone.
New joke around here ...AARP fence company.
Good story. There is still hope. Those four young men will probably be successful in life - business owners or other successful careers. The one that quit - he might go into politics or benefit from politics. Unless that peer pressure got him rehabilitated. Four out of five is still very good.As the school maintenance and facilities director I generally hire a few high school boys to help through the summer. The past several years I have been very disappointed with my hires, most quit before the summer was over and the ones that didn't I was glad to see go back to school because they were a pain in the butt. I hired 5 this summer, only one quit. The other 4 were awesome young men and worked hard, showed up on time and showed up daily. We start work at 6 am, hard to find young people that'll get up early. When they finished a task, they found me or one of my maintenance guys and asked "what's next?" I hated to see them go back to school. I was told by a teacher that the boys that stayed on gave the one that quit a thrashing for abandoning his post, that's the kind of peer pressure I like to see. One of the young men told me that this was the best summer ever. It's nice to see young people that want to work, there's hope for the future.
Good story. There is still hope. Those four young men will probably be successful in life - business owners or other successful careers. The one that quit - he might go into politics or benefit from politics. Unless that peer pressure got him rehabilitated. Four out of five is still very good.
Not always, but it is often due to learned behavior from the parents. Remember that country song "Watching You" where the little boy says ""I've been watching you, dad, ain't that cool"? Having kids is a huge responsibility. Contributing the genetic material and birthing the baby is the easy part. Then the important work starts. But sometimes, the best taught kids just mess up on their own.How can folks grow to young adults and be so unprepared?