Crap! So what do I do, forward you my bank details and mother's maiden name?

Now I'm depressed.
 
Why even try anymore?  There's no hope anywhere.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

Jesse Screed
Now I'm depressed.
 
Why even try anymore?  There's no hope anywhere.
 
Jesse Q. Screed

Proof that there's still hope! 
 

Sometime when I have the time... I'm supposed to be somewhere else 2 minutes ago.... but I'm the boss so I can be late...... I will tell you about my adventures as an employer and why I work mainly alone.
 
It's hard to find qualified people who actually want to work. Try hiring for the skilled trades where no criminal record of any kind is allowed, and yes I have to ask. Electronic security business in NC.... you can't even have a DUI arrest on the record. I hired one guy...asked him specifically.... HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ARRESTED FOR ANYTHING?  He said no... 2 weeks later the State Board informed me I had to terminate him because he had a DUI arrest and something else on his criminal BGC.  His words to me... "I didn't think a DUI arrest was actually an arrest".... kid you not.  You're fired dip wad.
 
I have a crew I'm supposed to meet here very shortly.... (actually 3 minutes ago now) who are cleaning out my old farm house.  Mexicans.... they will no doubt, be on time, work their tails off, and be thankful for the opportunity to make the money. I left the door open and instructions with their crew chief so they can get started while I'm here typing this response to you.

Guitarhacker
Sometime when I have the time... I'm supposed to be somewhere else 2 minutes ago.... but I'm the boss so I can be late...... I will tell you about my adventures as an employer and why I work mainly alone.
 

 
I have some similar stories from when I ran a signmaking company...50% of the stress of that business came from the employees. I swore I'd never hire anyone when I started my gardening business in Scotland.
 

 
I have a crew I'm supposed to meet here very shortly.... (actually 3 minutes ago now) who are cleaning out my old farm house.  Mexicans.... they will no doubt, be on time, work their tails off, and be thankful for the opportunity to make the money. I left the door open and instructions with their crew chief so they can get started while I'm here typing this response to you.

Ditto for the Eastern Europeans over here, they have an undeniable work ethic. The only person I would have employed in the last 12 years is Hungarian.

Ditto with me and immigrants. My absolute hardest workers hands down have been Columbian and Equadorian. I've told this to people before and got "yeah right I bet it's because you can exploit them." NO! I pay them exactly the same as anyone else and it's all above board - many Ecuadorians for instance are here legally because of the TPS amnesty which was put in place after the earthquake in 2001 and are fully legal to work. It's not that they're easily exploitable - they're not, they wouldn't take any crap like that. They don't need to allow themselves to be exploited because they're such good workers and hence like gold dust to an employer.

I'll tell you what's funny is when you bring this problem with the Millennial work ethic up around Millennials. I common response I hear is "it's not us. It's that you're a bad employer who doesn't know how to run a business. You have to adapt to us. We're different. We're not robots like your generation. Hopefully you'll go out of business and lose to someone who knows how to run their business around our lifestyles." I'm not even joking! Boy are these kids in for a shock when they start businesses of their own and realize that things like punctuality and reliability aren't just draconian forms of punishment to frustrate people's whims.

 Human Resources is an oxymoron.
 
 There have been stories of when people were being interviewed that were asked for their facebook password. Some states are considering laws against this invasion of privacy.  Many working professionals have dumped social media.
 
 To work in public education after spending an hour or two filling an online application next comes the Gallup "survey". Many have warned to answer them as politically correct as possible.
 
 

sharke
Ditto with me and immigrants. My absolute hardest workers hands down have been Columbian and Equadorian. I've told this to people before and got "yeah right I bet it's because you can exploit them." NO! I pay them exactly the same as anyone else and it's all above board - many Ecuadorians for instance are here legally because of the TPS amnesty which was put in place after the earthquake in 2001 and are fully legal to work. It's not that they're easily exploitable - they're not, they wouldn't take any crap like that. They don't need to allow themselves to be exploited because they're such good workers and hence like gold dust to an employer.

I'll tell you what's funny is when you bring this problem with the Millennial work ethic up around Millennials. I common response I hear is "it's not us. It's that you're a bad employer who doesn't know how to run a business. You have to adapt to us. We're different. We're not robots like your generation. Hopefully you'll go out of business and lose to someone who knows how to run their business around our lifestyles." I'm not even joking! Boy are these kids in for a shock when they start businesses of their own and realize that things like punctuality and reliability aren't just draconian forms of punishment to frustrate people's whims.

 Sometimes with immigrants I think knowing a culture is far better than language.  This week I had some "immigrants" using my electricity for a condo project.  For political correctness sake some are used in areas of customer service'
 
As for Millennials I could exhaust the internet on that. Most of the blame is on public education an universities where the standards were set by people who couldn't hold a different job.  I'm not talking about knowledge but relationships where authority is involved.  They are conditioned to believe there is no consequence disrespecting a teacher but reality hits when they have a boss.   I'm seeing more entry level jobs fill by adults and the elderly. I do believe part of that is they are more responsible, respectful, and not on their phone ever single second. Watch kids working in a grocery store. When they have to walk to an aisle out comes the phone.
   

kitekrazy1
 There have been stories of when people were being interviewed that were asked for their facebook password. Some states are considering laws against this invasion of privacy.  Many working professionals have dumped social media.

I think you'll just find that they changed their name on their Facebook and Twitter and set everything to "private." I have a few Facebook friends like that. One guy I know goes by a girl's name on Facebook and has his gender set to female. Of course he doesn't use his real profile pic either. Honestly in this day and age I'm always amazed by people who leave all their social media stuff public. 

kitekrazy1
As for Millennials I could exhaust the internet on that. Most of the blame is on public education an universities where the standards were set by people who couldn't hold a different job.  I'm not talking about knowledge but relationships where authority is involved.  They are conditioned to believe there is no consequence disrespecting a teacher but reality hits when they have a boss.   I'm seeing more entry level jobs fill by adults and the elderly. I do believe part of that is they are more responsible, respectful, and not on their phone ever single second. Watch kids working in a grocery store. When they have to walk to an aisle out comes the phone.
 

 
You might like this story about a outraged young intern who started a petition against the dress code at work and was shocked when he got fired. It made me laugh anyway. 
 
http://reason.com/blog/20...dress-code-petition-is