She wanted a job

**armygreywolf** · 10-04-2014, 02:20 PM

HEY! (Yea I yelled, but it's ok)

Yanno, not everyone of my generation are total sh*tballs. I admit we have quite a few but myself as an example...people think I work way too much and focus too much when I am working. Most of the guys I grew up with are the same way. You handled it right, they don't show, it's a no go. BUT I hope you were joking about the latter statement. You will always be missing out on the best and most dedicated. Frankly, adults prior to my generation made a big stink out of the 36 hour work week which became a 40 hour week. Now...if your my generation likely your entire adult life you've never worked less than 50 hours a week and better than half of us have two jobs as it is...life is hard, we are harder. Remember that. I certainly am a little heated about the comment and I can admit that, but then I don't appreciate a fell swoop right off of the hardest working generation in america, statistically speaking we work longer hours and at harder jobs to a lower standard of living than in the living memory of this country and that sir is a fact.

I believe in the following:

Work Ethic, making the most of your work. I believe that by example people will follow what I do, a lazy boss does not a good worker make. We as children of our parents are heavily influenced in workplace ethics by our parents, and there sir is where I have had the worst experiences...hiring out of work people for short term jobs that are older than I am. The 43 year old I had last week I wanted to leave in a dumpster. Worse still the guy before him spent all his time texting when he wasnt carrying something...in front of my clients. His age? 49. He made 9 bucks from me...and I left him at a bus stop. I've had the best luck with guys who are older than college age and younger than forty.

I think you experienced the child of lazy parents...it happens.

**bigburtchino** · 10-04-2014, 03:05 PM

Dang it Spin, I was thinking of relocating to the east coast and applying for your opening. Now your telling me I'm not old enough?

**Scrappah** · 10-04-2014, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by armygreywolf

HEY! (Yea I yelled, but it's ok)

Yanno, not everyone of my generation are total sh*tballs. I admit we have quite a few but myself as an example...people think I work way too much and focus too much when I am working. Most of the guys I grew up with are the same way. You handled it right, they don't show, it's a no go. BUT I hope you were joking about the latter statement. You will always be missing out on the best and most dedicated. Frankly, adults prior to my generation made a big stink out of the 36 hour work week which became a 40 hour week. Now...if your my generation likely your entire adult life you've never worked less than 50 hours a week and better than half of us have two jobs as it is...life is hard, we are harder. Remember that. I certainly am a little heated about the comment and I can admit that, but then I don't appreciate a fell swoop right off of the hardest working generation in america, statistically speaking we work longer hours and at harder jobs to a lower standard of living than in the living memory of this country and that sir is a fact.

< Gently and kindly >

Well .... we're all at different stages in life. What you described is very much like what i experienced when i was coming up through.

When you are in your 20's & 30's you have all of this youthful energy and you are hungry to make your mark. As you mature your passions cool and you don't have as much energy on tap. Instead of working HARD you shift your priority to working SMART.

Another way of looking at this: You hit mid-life and people that you have come up through with start dying. It makes you realize that your days are numbered too. Chances are .... there are more days behind you than there are ahead of you.

You come to understand that your MOST important resource is time.

That makes you expedient in the way you do things. You don't drive yourself through a knothole unless the expenditure of time and energy is well worth the gain.

I can see why spin might prefer folks over 60. They're settled and are more apt to do things in a methodical way. Some, with a lifetime of work experience, have uncommonly good work habits. They're reliable and steady. That might be just the right thing for his business.

It's all good. There are pros and cons to every age group.

In the end it's really about what works best for you as an employer.