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[Rio_Grande]

It amazes me the lack of work ethic among youngins these days. Without going into detail I have been through 3 in the last two weeks and they havent been worth a dime. They are all farm kids so they should know how to work. Took the cake yesterday when i got done with my days work i stopped at my dads to fix a hydrant. Somehow I ended up down in a hole hooking up the plumming, when I stand up I tell my helper who hadnt done squat all day to grab a shovel and put a little ditr on top of the pipe to hold everything in place. He turns to my day 67 years old points at a shovel leaning against a post closer to him than dad and says hand me that will you. I hate to say it but I lost my temper. After a day of wiping his tail, I guess I just took it as disrespectful to dad. They youngin got all huffy and went back to the truck. I spoke to him later and explained he needed to work on his work ethic. He told me he was just so tired from a day of running the weed eater and sitting in the shade that he couldnt do anymore.

It is really a shame when a 38 year old fat guy ( l look like I sit on a coutch all day long) can work 18 year old kids into the ground.

 

[Gavman]

Allz I know is I took my 10 year old city kid to work a couple of months ago to a 4000 sqft home I am renovating and without telling him squat he swept it from top to bottom ( three floors) and made a dang good job of it...
He can outwork lots of 30 year olds
Love you son

 

[Rio_Grande]

That is awsome. My boy loves to help pop out too, but at 6 i cant turn him loose with a weedeater!!

 

[zogger]

That is awsome. My boy loves to help pop out too, but at 6 i cant turn him loose with a weedeater!!

You are correct!
You run the weedeater and chainsaw, he runs the zero turn and splitter (with you loading rounds)!

 

[Truck4]

My kids (girl is 6 & boy is 10) are always wanting to help me do things that they are almost in the way this last weekend we went to get hay for there rodeo horses we pick it up out of field, both were wanting and willing to go and they worked together to help get it done!! the wife drove the truck, my dad and a friend would throw them up on trailer (24' deck over g.n.) and the kids...each had a hay hook:msp_ohmy: would grab the bale and drag them to me to stack:msp_thumbup:....oh we loaded 200 ~65-70# bales and the kids handeled all but the last 10 or do, sooooo proud of themas soon as I can figure out how load photos from my phone I will post one...


Roy

 

[mitch95100]

i like to think i work hard...

 

[haveawoody]

Rio_Grande,

Not the kids of todays fault.

Mummy and Daddy buy them whatever they want, they never fall down so never have any idea that the world realy loves to push just to see if you can get back up.
They get cars and clothes and cell phone plans so they can speak to 100 people they think are friends and spend much of the rest of time on twitter and facebook.

When reality hits home like work it's a serious chore that mommy and Daddy should save them from.

When the well dries up at some point they will be people with no survival skills.

 

[wooddog 066]

I dont blame ya for getting mad its just today society and the way some kids are brought up....dont no squat and always a smart ass answer when you ask them to do something. my kids are young yet but i will be darn if they grow up like that

 

[Fred Wright]

Don't be discouraged, my friend. Not all young people are like that. Granted, some are. But keep looking. There's a neighborhood kid out there who'll do well for you. Just gotta find him.

To us older folks, some youth may appear lazy or unmotivated. But they're not all that way. Initiative and self-motivation are learned. Some people learn sooner than others.

The kid you mention, he grew up on a farm and probably knows how to work on the farm, in a familiar environment. Take him off the farm and he may not know what's expected of him.

 

[Steve2910]

Got rid of my last employee August of 05, never regretted the decision.

 

[Oldtimer]

This whole thread is the reason I take care of my guy as if he was a prince. You find someone who can work, hard, all day, and not complain about it....who shows up on time every time...
You better damn well take care of them. They are more precious than a new piece of equipment.
As for today's youth...makes me ugly just thinking about it..

 

[doobie57z]

It amazes me the lack of work ethic among youngins these days. Without going into detail I have been through 3 in the last two weeks and they havent been worth a dime. They are all farm kids so they should know how to work. Took the cake yesterday when i got done with my days work i stopped at my dads to fix a hydrant. Somehow I ended up down in a hole hooking up the plumming, when I stand up I tell my helper who hadnt done squat all day to grab a shovel and put a little ditr on top of the pipe to hold everything in place. He turns to my day 67 years old points at a shovel leaning against a post closer to him than dad and says hand me that will you. I hate to say it but I lost my temper. After a day of wiping his tail, I guess I just took it as disrespectful to dad. They youngin got all huffy and went back to the truck. I spoke to him later and explained he needed to work on his work ethic. He told me he was just so tired from a day of running the weed eater and sitting in the shade that he couldnt do anymore.

It is really a shame when a 38 year old fat guy ( l look like I sit on a coutch all day long) can work 18 year old kids into the ground.

Let me ask you a fair question, how much do you pay these fellas for a days work?

 

[Rio_Grande]

10.00 an hour. I would pay more but none have brought any skills to the table beyond showing up. In the past we paid the same but when someone worked harder than expected they got a little more at the end of the job. Unfortunately because we have such a tough time getting people to actually work, I cant start em at 15.00 an hour or I expect i would not be making money for long.

I am reasonable with them and Have no issues with them taking a break. I dont even expect them to work as hard as I do, but if I tell them to run a weed eater around a pond I expect to find them doing that far more than setting on thair tail. He have landed one good helper over the years, but you had to hold his pay till the jobs were done or the end of the week. As soon as you paid him it took him a week to come back. Could run equiptment and had common sense. He made 15 an hour and ALWAYS got more when the job was done.

 

[arborealbuffoon]

I used to work really hard. Now, I "spend" my life raising my daughter. Time is ALL you have, my friend because when your ride's over...........

 

[Steve2910]

Let me ask you a fair question, how much do you pay these fellas for a days work?

FWIW, The guy who was my mulch supplier years ago once asked me: " you know the difference between a $5/hr guy & a $10/ hr guy??"... "5 bucks"

 

[unclemoustache]

Mummy and Daddy buy them whatever they want, they never fall down so never have any idea that the world realy loves to push just to see if you can get back up.When reality hits home like work it's a serious chore that mommy and Daddy should save them from.
When the well dries up at some point they will be people with no survival skills.

And that is how you breed a socialist.

My 12-year-old has helped me shingle over 20 roofs, and the last two (on my own property) I had him do alone with his younger brother. Pneumatic nail guns and unsupervised. Took them a couple weeks, but they got 'er done! Roofing felt, drip edge, everything. I don't think I spent 1/2 hour up there.

I did show him a few pictures of people who had shot themselves with roofing guns, though - just to put a little "wisdom fear" into him, and to keep that finger off the trigger until he was ready to use it. Didn't have a single mishap, although there were some spots where things could have been done better.

 

[jrider]

The work ethic of today's youth is a direct reflection of how much time today's adults take to teach them. Don't like the way they work? Blame the adults, not the kids. Most kids will reach whatever bar your put infront of them whether it be high or low.

 

[1969cj-5]

I hired some local farm kids at 6 bucks an hour to clean up some fence row. After 10 hours each over 4 days they had cleared only 30 feet out of 400, and they managed to tear my tools up in the process. I paid them and told them I would finish it myself, then finsihed it in a day and a half of hard steady work. They keep asking when I am going to give them more work, yeah right...

My six year old boy and five year old girl on the other hand are always arguing over who gets to run the log splitter for me (I load the rounds) and stack the wood with me. I pay them a buck a day and they love it! My boy will pile brush for me all day long as long as he gets to light the fire when it is ready. If I teach my kids nothing else it will be to have a good work ethic, I am OK with that. It means that I get to spend more of my home time with them too!

 

[Jed1124]

18 year old kid that works with me is one of the hardest working most mechanically inclined people I know. On time every day, fixes trucks and other equipment in his fathers shop on weekends, and when your trying to make a push to get a job done at the end of the day the faster you work the more he picks it up. Everybody else is in there 30's,40's and 50's on the job and he has earned all our respect. He does get a little cocky sometimes. All the kids are not so bad. Just have to get the right one. Oh, and he gets paid top dollar too.

 

[chucker]

heres a rep for you 1969cj-5 for the work ethics going to your young ones... works worth is more than the dollar or two's value.....