August 31, 2010
Working In This Town
I have lived in this town for 10 yrs - coming 11 yrs this December and when I hear people telling me they have to move away for a job because they can’t find any suitable ones here - I sometimes wonder. You see I also know of many who has airport jobs and jobs at the hospital and they have had been there for ages now and very happy with where they are. So why is it that some cannot find a job or cannot keep a job while others are very happy with theirs? Is it the benefit from a company? or is it just the person? Is it the attitude? or is it the people who owns the business?
In the last 10 yrs - we’ve hired on many people and only a few that came along were good employees. You think you’ve seen all sorts of people - in our 11 yrs in business but not really true - we’ve yet to learn about employers and employees situation here. But I think the attitude of a person is very important don’t you? If i really wanted to keep a job when I was back home - i would put in the extra effort and extra time. Here - where I lived - people just don’t want to do anything extra - they just want to collect their pay check. In my humble opinion - if you want your boss to appreciate you - you have to appreciate your boss and go the extra mile - what do you think?
Hi Mama BoK,
I think you have 2 different things in this post. The first is related to “they have to move away for a job because they can’t find any suitable ones here” The second would be “you have to appreciate your boss and go the extra mile”
Both can be related but, at the same time, they could be not.
I’m not sure where do you live but it may happen that people with some particular skills do not have the job offer they expect and they may not be willing to change careers or work in a different field, right? That’s putting your career on top of the place you live. It looks like you’ve done the other way and decided to live in a place no matter what you have to work on.
Regarding the latter, I agree with you. In particular I’ve observed that in younger generations (I’m 42), and you can observe that same pattern on the Internet: they want everything now without any effort… and free, of course! may be we are facing a generation of lazy arsses! LOL!
Regards from Kanata, ON!
Comment by Mr. G — September 1, 2010 @ 3:16 pm