I think there are a multitude of problems today with employers and employees alike. To many employers want something for nothing. Fortunately for them potential employees give them plenty of fodder to chew up. Quick lube places are a good example. They are looking to make a profit on quick cheap oil changes and part of that is cheap labor. Now here's Johnny, fresh out of high school, not wanting to go back to school, no job skills but an interest in mechanics. Well they are not looking to hire a skilled mechanic with about 5K invested in tools so they are not going to pay skilled mechanic wages. So Johnny is a minimum wage worker who isn't happy with his job. He shows up late, leaves early and calls in sick as much as he can. But he's convinced he's worth a lot more an hour. Pretty soon he's back on the street looking for another job and the quick lube place is looking for another worker. Thing is Johnny has already started making poor life decisions that unless he gets his head out will follow him his entire life all the while complaining that he isn't earning a "living wage". In 10 years he'll be drinking beer with his buddies crying about not getting a fair chance and how "the man is keeping him down". He'll be married with a couple of kids, drawing welfare (it's welfare folks, not an entitlement, to be entitled to something you MUST earn it). He'll never look at any job training program because "that would be caving in to the man". Entry level jobs at minimum wage are just that. They are there to get you started to learn good work ethic so you can move on to bigger and better things. These are jobs for high school kids and college students who need extra income to finish up their education that will lead to a better job. I remember back in the 60's in grade school the teacher telling us we all wanted good educations so we can get good jobs like "doctor, lawyer or other white collar" jobs. The teachers went out of their way to ridicule labor intensive and dirty jobs. I know that hasn't improved through the years. It's not the kids being bad people. It's the fact they have been taught that they are too good to stack hay and that mom and dad owe him a car, Ipod and spending money.
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
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