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[Jwheelz]

and let me just say I now understand why my manager at my former employer was such an asshole

 

I am very lucky that the first few people I hired are reliable and trustworthy... almost burned a bridge before I realized it was the wrong bridge to burn...

 

is this why they say be careful what you wish for?

 

Anyway I'm learning to be much more selective about who I hire and I'm also learning that the grass is definitely not greener on the other side...

it's just spray painted

 

Don't get me wrong, I'm very glad that I have the services I had waited so long for... but I wish they paid me to manage it because right now it feels like a job

 

 

 

Note/disclaimer: this is a thread in which I will periodically complain/vent about situations relating to being an employer, I am not ever referring to anyone that anyone from here has met or will ever meet, in fact let's just say for all intents and purposes this thread is fiction, similarities to actual events are purely coincidental although in fact they may very accurately reflect reality without ever naming names. This nonsensical disclaimer has now been concluded.

Edited by Jwheelz, 13 February 2013 - 07:04 PM.

[Java Time]

I hope they are only getting paid minimum wage...ya know...so someone can bitch at what an evil coporate money monger you are...ooooh and the government yeah...folks like to do that too...bad gov't....BAD!

[Jwheelz]

technically this is a gubmint job already

 

And I've noticed I always post my threads at the transition point between the day and night crews

[williscat2000]

interesting issues!

lot of folks need to seriously ask if they really want to be the boss and deal with that bullshit!

[Eddie Z]

With my catering business, I had about 13 employees.    I feel ya man, it's no picnic being "the man".     When you find a good employee...you make sure you do whatever it takes to keep them happy.     And don't be afraid to get rid of the shitty ones pronto. 

[TEO]

Congratulations and welcome to the dark side.  

[Java Time]

Congrats on getting the services you so justly deserve JW!!! [Belated I know...but I'm a li'l slow]

[Spidergawd]

Tell them to get steel toed shoes. 

[Jwheelz]

oh my god this is paying dividends for me today... emotional breakdown + abandonment of job =

[TEO]

So sorry Jwheelz.  Finding a good team takes time.

[Jwheelz]

thanks

 

thankfully I do have a decent team around me except for that particular individual.

 

My original post was just about how much more involved the hiring process needs to be then I was allowing it to be... now I get to put that into practice  

 

it'll all work out, I just have to spend the next week or so intensively searching and hiring and hopefully it will have a positive result in the end

[TEO]

It will work out.  

[Spidergawd]

Is this the team we know, Jordan?  Or a new one?

[Jwheelz]

oh no I would never post about them on here.. I haven't seen them in a while but those two are really more my friends that help me out than anything else, and they are awesome awesome people as you know... which reminds me I need to call them... but I'm referring to the people paid for through the state program I'm a part of, folks that I hire to help me on a daily basis

[Jwheelz]

starting to feel like I need to install a revolving door

 

decisions decisions...

[unbroken_chain]

Do you have any work from home positions? I am looking for additional income

[Jwheelz]

I employ home health aides to come and get me out of bed and stuff...... if you can find a way to do that remotely from Buffalol you're more than welcome

[unbroken_chain]

I could call and wake you up

 

 

 

 

 

didn't think so

[Jwheelz]

[unbroken_chain]

a dollar a day... ?  

[Spidergawd]

[Jwheelz]

so um lets say someone has a "back problem," and they have been prescribed various painkillers muscle relaxants etc... but it could be a legit problem, but it could also just be a "back problem"... let's say those painkillers are being taken by nose because "they don't f#@in' do anything" by mouth, and let's say said person is becoming increasingly spacey due to trying to relieve the "back problem"... should they be given more hours or fired?

 

(this is a rhetorical question)

[Jwheelz]

oh and

[JBetty]

All rhetoric aside, 

[Jwheelz]

 

Had a few left over

[JBetty]

Thanx! 

[Jwheelz]

no, thank YOU :winkydinky:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Karen]

so um lets say someone has a "back problem," and they have been prescribed various painkillers muscle relaxants etc... but it could be a legit problem, but it could also just be a "back problem"... let's say those painkillers are being taken by nose because "they don't f#@in' do anything" by mouth, and let's say said person is becoming increasingly spacey due to trying to relieve the "back problem"... should they be given more hours or fired?

 

(this is a rhetorical question)

 

If this person with a 'back problem' is crushing and snorting pain killers, they are a junkie.

 

Nuff said.

[Jwheelz]

what if it's a back problem without air-quotes? I'm guessing still a junkie? I hate these types of situations...

[Karen]

what if it's a back problem without air-quotes? I'm guessing still a junkie? I hate these types of situations...

 

 

Junkie.    

[Jwheelz]

yeah I figured it was the crushing up and snorting thing that did it     ugh time to start scheduling interviews

[Karen]

Yep.

 

And be careful when this person is around....while I feel sorry for anyone who is addicted, most junkies cannot be trusted. 

[Jwheelz]

yeah... good point... did I mention ugh? or what about ?

[gregoir]

just tell them to pass the straw noob

[Terry Bo Berry]

Anyone with a legit back problem should not be working as your aide- you need someone who is able to handle the physical labor.

[Jwheelz]

hmmm... right again... why didn't I think of any of these things?

[JBetty]

hmmm... right again... why didn't I think of any of these things?

 

 

 

Ballers - they're here for you.

[MeOmYo]

sounds like they have a deep desire to use their painkillers to the fullest extent as well as a concern for the longevity of their liver?

[Jwheelz]

interview mysteriously no-shows yesterday and today a different candidate also fails to show up, but at least she has an explanation, kind of

 

 

contrary to the above emoticon, despite being somewhat frustrated I'm in a perfectly fine mood

[Karen]

Ballers - they're here for you.

 

 

 

[tyedyedee]

i feel your pain, jordan...i am a manager in human services and sometimes i am astounded at what my employees think is ok to do at work

 

at an outing at a mall and an individual and their staff are late to meet up with you? NO, its NOT ok to leave them there :

 

working the 3 to 11 shift at my house? NO, you CANNOT answer your phone in the middle of a 3 person restraint

 

i think common sense is a dying art...its seems the exception rather than the rule