As a business owner, what is your idea of the qualities needed for the "perfect employee"?
I'll let you know the answer when I find perfect boss.
Not such thing as a perfect person. Judging by what I see on the job board discussions this is part of the problem with people unable to find jobs. Employers are looking for the perfect employee, one that can do the work of 2 or 3 people, have 2 dozen different skills, a ton of experience all for $10 a hour.
I'll let you know the answer when I find perfect boss.
Not such thing as a perfect person. Judging by what I see on the job board discussions this is part of the problem with people unable to find jobs. Employers are looking for the perfect employee, one that can do the work of 2 or 3 people, have 2 dozen different skills, a ton of experience all for $10 a hour.
Agreed! When you look for the impossible, you will never be happy with what you find.
I am not a business owner, but I am a supervisor over a staffing agency & I look for good employees everyday. I do not believe their is such a thing as 'perfect', whether it be people or otherwise.
I think it's a tradeoff of energies.. you get the perfect employee when there's a meeting of minds between boss and employee.
One thing you should look for is an employee who isn't just "looking for a job" but is actually interested in and has a passion for the work he's involved in.
I think it's a tradeoff of energies.. you get the perfect employee when there's a meeting of minds between boss and employee.
One thing you should look for is an employee who isn't just "looking for a job" but is actually interested in and has a passion for the work he's involved in.
Exactly my thoughts Dave! Also, a "good" employee is one who shows up for work on time and has respect for the boss.
A good boss has respect for the employees. It's a 2-way street.
I've seen my share of bad bosses, so this is why I feel the need to bring it up. I'm not talking just about people I've worked with, but other people I've heard of working in poorly run workplaces or having a nasty supervisor.
There's a saying I like: An employer-employee relationship is a partnership, not a dictatorship.
I haven't had a job yet where I'd put up with unnecessary bullying from a boss.. I ran into that when we'd get new management at Arby's. Every time you get a new manager they always feel they have something to prove and throw their weight around, forgetting it is the crew that actually runs the place. Most managers didn't even come from a food service background.
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young Engineer fresh out of Texas A&M, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, a company matching retirement fund for 50% of your salary, and a company car leased every 2 years -- say, a red Corvette?"
The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."
I've worked many minimum wage jobs (which is fine) but many times the expectations vs the wages are unreasonable.
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Originally Posted by Blue Baboon
I'll let you know the answer when I find perfect boss.
Not such thing as a perfect person. Judging by what I see on the job board discussions this is part of the problem with people unable to find jobs. Employers are looking for the perfect employee, one that can do the work of 2 or 3 people, have 2 dozen different skills, a ton of experience all for $10 a hour.
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Person asked a young Engineer fresh out of Texas A&M, "And what starting salary were you looking for?" The Engineer said, "In the neighborhood of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer said, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, a company matching retirement fund for 50% of your salary, and a company car leased every 2 years -- say, a red Corvette?"
The Engineer sat up straight and said, "Wow! Are you kidding?" And the interviewer replied, "Yeah, but you started it."
My experiences in the food industry have illustrated your point.. often you have some young kid fresh out of business school and never a day spent "on the line" so they really have no idea what the day is or should be comprised of, except by the numbers.. and you can't always go by that alone.
Most of the managers I've worked with have let their crews do their job while they do theirs.. every once in awhile you have someone wanting to flex their muscles and they lose good people.
My last manager at Arby's was one of "those"..
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Originally Posted by Blue Baboon
There's a saying I like: An employer-employee relationship is a partnership, not a dictatorship.
My experiences in the food industry have illustrated your point.. often you have some young kid fresh out of business school and never a day spent "on the line" so they really have no idea what the day is or should be comprised of, except by the numbers.. and you can't always go by that alone.
Most of the managers I've worked with have let their crews do their job while they do theirs.. every once in awhile you have someone wanting to flex their muscles and they lose good people.
My last manager at Arby's was one of "those"..
My son use to work at Arbys and his boss would always try & get into everyones business for one reason, so she could criticize them!
The manager asked my son "how was your weekend?" he replied "not bad, my mom & I went to WI to visit friends, stayed in a motel & did some shopping, so it was cool" her response was "wow all weeeknd in a motel with your mom? that sounds like more than a mom & son relationship to me, but to each his own".
My son bit his tongue till break & called me to tell me she said that. I wanted to go in there & beat her face in honestly, but my son begged me to let it go. I advised him to pull her aside and let her know she was wrong in saying that & if it happens again he would take it above her head. He didn't do that, but I placed him at our client company a few days later. When he advised her that he was giving a 2 week notice & working the 2 jobs for a couple weeks, she told him to leave & never even come eat there again or she would remove him herself! LOL I would have loved for her to TRY that!
I wanted to handle it sooo bad, but he begged me not to make a big deal of it since I was looking at placing him at a factory as soon as I got an opening anyway. I am surprised at myself actually, normally i'd spit fire & lose my control when someone messes with my kids!
Of course I made a point of taking him there for lunch the very next day, introduced myself as his mom to one of the other ladies up front, while the manager was standing right behind her... needless to say, she hid out in the office till we left I dont even like Arby's food, but I had a point to make... I wish she had gotten stupid with me, I was hoping for it!
The manager asked my son "how was your weekend?" he replied "not bad, my mom & I went to WI to visit friends, stayed in a motel & did some shopping, so it was cool" her response was "wow all weeeknd in a motel with your mom? that sounds like more than a mom & son relationship to me, but to each his own".
My son bit his tongue till break & called me to tell me she said that. I wanted to go in there & beat her face in honestly, but my son begged me to let it go. I advised him to pull her aside and let her know she was wrong in saying that & if it happens again he would take it above her head. He didn't do that, but I placed him at our client company a few days later. When he advised her that he was giving a 2 week notice & working the 2 jobs for a couple weeks, she told him to leave & never even come eat there again or she would remove him herself! LOL I would have loved for her to TRY that!
This reminds me a lot of a comic strip I read in our paper. Same kind of fast food pain in the butt boss causing all kinds of grief. So the guy in the comic strip quits after telling off the boss lady and then his friend goes there to get a job. This friend is going to be causing some mischief since that's what kind of guy he is. Nothing like revenge in a funny way.
I think you going in to eat there was the best way to handle it. Nothing like getting her all nervous. Or maybe she went in back to call her friend and tell her about the mother and son having a romantic dinner there. LOL
Half the Arby's managers I've known are too busy texting or sitting in the back office.. but that suited me as most times I like to be left alone while I'm working.
To get back to the perfect employee.. if there is one, it's the employee that best fits your needs. Perfection doesn't exist tho, IMO, in an employee or boss.
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What Is Your Idea Of A Perfect Employee?
I dont even like Arby's food, but I had a point to make... I wish she had gotten stupid with me, I was hoping for it!
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