So just had a close friend with me out here, I realized that for some reason the people I have associated with don't care about anything, but how they can suck resources off those around them.
This guy....so deal was that I pay for hotels, food, and 500 a wk to him....he would in turn fill out DoT forms, and basic checks like lights, and tires. Plus he was to prep the next truck like pull out the liner in the bucket, or apply needed decals.
Immediately he was falling asleep, playing games on his phone, finding every single way to annoy me...always demanding I get the jab, that I stop smoking...this or that.
Then breaking or losing equipment. "Forgetting" aspects that he agreed to, or giving excuses as to why he wasn't able to perform those tasks.
I confronted him and he just had this blank stare....then said....you are boring and this is boring...I said then leave!
Suddenly he wasn't bored....I said no you made you intent as well as desire towards this very clear...1024 a wk in expenses just for fuel and hotel....not including the food.
Plus 500 a week?
Minimum effort guarantees minimum wage....this to you doesn't matter as none of this shit is yours....nor is it your career.
In the past 6m and all the people I have tried to give a job, it is the same with them....no one wants to expend the effort to make themselves better.
I get that my ethic can't be theirs, and I accept that, but just leach to get a check? Bitch about how 8hrs is such a chore?
How do you think I can afford to keep you here and me make a profit?
I am just about to give up....seriously I want to help someone....I do, but I am realizing that no one wants help...they just want someone else to take care of them.
We recently hired this dude to do customer service, and he ends up getting 5 or 6 complaints about his attitude in 4 weeks. The guy has called off 4 times in the last 2 months for "mental health breaks" and shows up on average 10 minutes late every day, a few times he has been a couple hours late. I would have sacked him by now, but we are real desperate for just any warm body to fill positions. I haven't seen a single person apply in months, and we are offering $13 to $16 an hour depending on experience.
So I moved this dude to a position that doesn't deal with customers and isn't dependent on him being on time. On Friday he has the balls to come asking for a raise and bitching about getting better hours. I tell him that if he showed up more often, and on time, and had a reasonable amount of work ethic, I would consider it. Mother fucker puts in his 2 weeks today and said he will find some place that doesn't treat him like shit.
Dude can't even show up on time and wants more money to be late.
You are totally right, people want it all and they want to do nothing for it.