tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post5675215037354781665..comments2024-02-27T12:41:35.811-08:00Comments on Coming to Terms...: Dealing With CrapLisa :-]http://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-68526269121482349212007-06-18T09:23:00.000-07:002007-06-18T09:23:00.000-07:00Yes, handling difficult employees can be draining ...Yes, handling difficult employees can be draining and so frustrating. We are business owners also and just had my neice's boyfriend helping on a job with a crew of three others. He kept standing there leaning on the equipment watching everyone else work. This young man is going into our military for goodness' sakes. Very frustrating indeed. I can totally relate. We also had a cleaning company and would employ up to 12 or more employees at one time during that era... boy oh boy it was all I could do to drive around sending people back in to fix their mistakes. I agree, finding good help is really hard. I felt more like a glorified babysitter, constant hand holding and consolation and going back over the rules. I didn't micro manage either, but seemed like I had to hire constantly. I did all sorts of recruiting to keep the flow of possible staff coming. Eventually we landed some good people but the good ones don't stay long either. Hugs,<br>Lisa Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-11464642191255321522007-06-18T09:48:00.000-07:002007-06-18T09:48:00.000-07:00Oh how I can relate! At least you can FIRE them! ...Oh how I can relate! At least you can FIRE them! In state service I was absolutely STUCK with people who couldn't, wouldn't, didn't have to do their basic job and how dare you tell them that you expected them to do what their job description said!! They had the most powerful union in California backing them up and increasing their wages more than mine as a manager! It was HELL! There really is such a difference in work ethics in the younger people now. I would much rather have an older person working for me, as at least they'll show up and do the job. Gosh Lisa, I don't envy you for a second........but I do have a friend here in town who runs a successful small restaurant (for 20 plus years) in our small town and I bet she'd love to talk with you and give you some ideas. She's known to be a tough cookie to work for too! Let me know if you'd like to talk with her and I will arrange it for you! Hugs, LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-73207362994468566572007-06-18T12:12:00.000-07:002007-06-18T12:12:00.000-07:00I started to write another of my long-winded comme...I started to write another of my long-winded comments. After the third paragraph, I realized I needed to just stop and tell you how much I feel your pain and disappointment. I really haven't anything to offer. The new worker is simply lazy, greedy and motivated only by ready access to sex, drugs and TV. Sorry, that's the long and short of it and it absolutely sucks to be a manager or employer these days.<br><br>I hope you find the people you need to stay the course, but I fear it is impossible. Maybe it is just negative old me, but the more I think about it, the more I think it is time to cut your losses, get out and retain whatever little bit of sanity you still have lurking in the back of your mind. Get back to seasonal sandwiches at special events and call life good again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-72428012028274317122007-06-18T13:59:00.000-07:002007-06-18T13:59:00.000-07:00Mom has had younger passersby compliment her on th...Mom has had younger passersby compliment her on the yard and then ask 'why are you doing the work?" "Becuase I don't want to pay someone to do half a job and then have to fix it and finish it myself." They don't know how to work because they've never had to. <br><br>And we've bought into the "somebody else can make it for us" instead of doing it ourselves. <br><br>I remember an article in TV Guide years ago. It was by an English teacher who was almost at his wits end trying to get his high school students to do their homework. "I couldn't do it, Dynasty was on." So on, and so on, and so on. Now these kids are parents and we're starting to come up against THEIR kids. God/dess save us all. <br><br>JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-32309293004187333562007-06-19T13:18:00.000-07:002007-06-19T13:18:00.000-07:00NEVER lower your standards...they will lower their...NEVER lower your standards...they will lower theirs too.<br><br><br>Never.<br><br>Never.<br><br>Never.<br><br><br><br>I managed those types of kids for twenty years, keep giving them YOUR rules or the highway my love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-26627424729485584382007-06-22T04:11:00.000-07:002007-06-22T04:11:00.000-07:00I wish I could offer some hope here, but so much o...I wish I could offer some hope here, but so much of my teaching experience has involved kids saying, "I couldn't do the assignment because I had....to go to a wedding, to meet my sister at the airport, to watch the basketball game, to sit on the bench during the soccer game, to take the dog to the vet, to study for my math test...". All totally supported by parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283072392763163737.post-38740450969617678872007-06-30T17:14:00.000-07:002007-06-30T17:14:00.000-07:00Your essay Lisa, is just what the entire country n...Your essay Lisa, is just what the entire country needs to read -- you see, while not saying it right out loud -- you are passing on the message that all parents (and children) need to learn. Kids need responsibilities and they need to be told in clear, firm language when they are not living up to those responsibilities. <br><br>Grrrrrrrr. It's frustrating to think that an entire generation of kids have 'no clue' and will be ruling the country in years to come. <br><br>I feel your frustration and your pain. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com