Posted by NNP on March 12, 2014 at 06:25:17 from (67.240.154.26):
In Reply to: RE:Deleted post posted by oldtanker on March 09, 2014 at 05:02:19:
retired blue collar here
(and yes, like other posters, I had to put up with endless nagging in school to go white collar. School was easy, good marks, college offers......was not interested in sitting behind a desk at any wage. And I found it VERY insulting when they would harp that I shouldn't want to be a useless worker drone....um, like my parents ya mean? meetings would get interesting then :D )
Another part of the job problem is companies are more worried about having a 'correct' workforce rather than a good one.
'job training' 'team concept' testing for everything...
bah, show me the work, leave me alone, and don't talk to me.
Some of the best, hardest working crews I've been on, never talked while they were working, bosses kept their distance, and they spent every lunchtime at the nearest ginmill.
Nobody, anywhere, could outwork them.
And new guys didn't worry about the boss...ya better be able to keep up with your co-workers......
Would-Could they get hired today...by any company....not a chance
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