I have posted several times on this blog about employees not wanting to work. They may be lazy, but the way some employers have treated the help in the past haven’t encouraged a work ethic. My first job in Kansas was loading cabinets at a cabinet company in Neodesha, about 30 miles from my house.Continue reading “Taking care of the help”
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Showing up is half the battle….
….staying until the job is done is the other half. Last night at work someone went home early because of a toothache. This is starting to become a problem. At least last night we had enough people to get the job done. I am starting to worry about the resilience of the younger generations. WhenContinue reading “Showing up is half the battle….”
Calling in slick
Back at the bottled water company we had a loader that would calling sick every payday. The night shift got their checks Thursday night but couldn’t cash them until Friday morning. This loader would call in Friday night and come back Monday night broke. This continued until he failed to call in one night. BeforeContinue reading “Calling in slick”
Weeding out the help-Peach Pit
At the bottled water company I spent most of the 80s and 90s at, we started people off as temporary help, hired the best and threw the rest back into the street. Some times it took longer than others to figure out if the dude was worth hiring. One day we got a temporary fromContinue reading “Weeding out the help-Peach Pit”
Weeding out the help again
At the bottled water company I spent way too many years at, we would go through a lot of suspects to find one good prospective employee. Most wouldn’t last a day as the pace and endurance were a feature to weed out the unable or unwilling to work. Once you got hired, the pay wasn’tContinue reading “Weeding out the help again”
Weeding out the help,Part three
When I was at the water company several decades ago, one of the fleet mechanics got fired. An audit found that he ordered parts for a four cylinder vehicle. Except for our forklifts the rest of our fleet was V-8s. Further Investigation showed that he had been doing side jobs and was getting the companyContinue reading “Weeding out the help,Part three”
Weeding out the help
Some people get fired because the company’s needs change. Most people tend to fire themselves by doing things so stupid or inappropriate you wonder if they really want to be there anyway. Late in my career, we got a new plant manager. He managed to set a record for quickest firing for any employee atContinue reading “Weeding out the help”
Weeding out the help
For most employers trying to hire people it’s warm bodies wanted, cold ones considered. You don’t have to work hard to keep your job. You have to work harder to get fired than you doing your job. At Wally World, one of the stockers got fired for being too slow. It was bad enough sheContinue reading “Weeding out the help”
Accidental Reduction Plan
At the bottled water company in Phoenix, we had an employee that was responsible for far more than his share of the accidents in the plant. When he wasn’t causing accidents he was a good employee. The new plantt manager decided to make him the safety coordinator since he had so much accident experience. OurContinue reading “Accidental Reduction Plan”
Rain!
It has rained most of the day and will continue all night. It won’t get us off of extreme drought status this week, but it helps.
Footyfried 