electricblue
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- Largo, Florida
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From the guys who have been through this. I ask. Where have you found the best place to put the effort in finding decent employees? Craigslist is out.
From the guys who have been through this. I ask. Where have you found the best place to put the effort in finding decent employees? Craigslist is out.
Im on the other end, finding a good employer is just as important, so if you can't find a good employee, (don't take this personally) sometimes the problem lies at hand....
Quality employees are like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Seems so close, yet you'll never find it(the pot of gold).
One of the problem is we have become a nation of spoiled brats.
There's two types of people in this world(when it comes to work). There's those who want to work, and there's those who want a job.
Unfortunately our nation has become one of those who want jobs. And not ANY job. It has to pay 100K a year to do nothing.
The other problem lies with the employer.
One time, I had a guy that could run pipe and pull wires. And I mean THIS GUYS COULD RUN PIPE. Most productive worker I ever seen. And I mean 2-3 times more productive than others. He never wanted to get any other position, he was happy working with his tools. I tried to convince my superiors to give him more money. The answer was always:"He's already way above his pay scale". Yes the guy was making already 23/hr(which was a lot for an installer non union), but this guy could run 300-400 feet of pipe a day. I usually consider 140-180 feet a day acceptable. Sure enough we eventually lost him.
Way too many times the good employees get lost in the shuffle, or even worse, because of the greed of the employer.
I know the feeling about todays candidates entering the workforce, they simply don't know what work is... bottom line.
From the guys who have been through this. I ask. Where have you found the best place to put the effort in finding decent employees? Craigslist is out.
I was told once by an old timer that when you start on a new project and you have the authority, fire the first guy who isn't pulling his own weight at the first opportunity you have and do so in front of the other guys. Everyone else will react by stepping it up.
Now then, I've never tried it but it is an interesting thought.
I was told once by an old timer that when you start on a new project and you have the authority, fire the first guy who isn't pulling his own weight at the first opportunity you have and do so in front of the other guys. Everyone else will react by stepping it up.
Now then, I've never tried it but it is an interesting thought.
I was told once by an old timer that when you start on a new project and you have the authority, fire the first guy who isn't pulling his own weight at the first opportunity you have and do so in front of the other guys. Everyone else will react by stepping it up.
Now then, I've never tried it but it is an interesting thought.
I like this. This does work. Hiring and firing till you get a keeper.
I was told once by an old timer that when you start on a new project and you have the authority, fire the first guy who isn't pulling his own weight at the first opportunity you have and do so in front of the other guys. Everyone else will react by stepping it up.
Now then, I've never tried it but it is an interesting thought.
Intentionally fire someone in front of the rest of the crew?
I consider that bad advice. You are taking his word that everyone reacted by stepping up. The reaction may have been the first step toward a morale problem causing the best employees to start looking for work elsewhere.
I can't speak from the perspective of the one hiring, but I can speak from the perspective of the one being hired.From the guys who have been through this. I ask. Where have you found the best place to put the effort in finding decent employees? Craigslist is out.