Some days I feel an urge to dig holes for a living

Joe:

> with the declining work
> ethic its
> a lot easier to look oustanding just by
> comparison.

SPOT ON!

I always get people calling me looking for a job.

And what I find when I speak with these people on the phone is

1. Many are just calling so they can have the details they need to fill in their unemployment 'proof of looking for a job' sheet. Without which they wouldn't get their 'sit down money.'

2. Of the remainder, many want a job but don't want to work.

When asking which hours would be preferred, one recent guy said he wanted late-afternoon to evening work and not early morning - like starting at 6 a.m. - because he would have to buy an alarm clock and he didn't want to spend $10 or $20 doing that.

3. Some just want something they can do while they look for something else. (so much for reliability, and thanks for telling me)

4. The small small small number left are those who are serious and really want to WORK.

I add their names to my books. But by the time I need them they've found something.

If you want to work, then you will always find something and usually in less than one week.

As soon as you start putting silly conditions on what you're willing to do - like not willing to start early because you would have to buy an alarm clock - then you won't find anything.

The funny thing is, what most people reject by way of work and job, and which is done by ethnic people who may or may not be able to speak fluent english, usually earns them more money than the so-called prestige job.

I've known process workers that earn around $50,000 a year - with overtime - while the manager of their department gets a salary of $30,000 and has to keep doing courses as well as work the longer hours.

Michael Ross.


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