Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
No. I'm not that nice a boss. I'm not going to pick it up.Do you think you she could bake and you could collect it from her until covid is over?
Gravel bags would be sore on your staffs teeth I think.
No. I'm not that nice a boss. I'm not going to pick it up.Do you think you she could bake and you could collect it from her until covid is over?
Gravel bags would be sore on your staffs teeth I think.
Better make one of your staff's perks a dental planNo. I'm not that nice a boss. I'm not going to pick it up.
I've seen both sides of the fence from being the sole employee on a 300 acres+ dairy and arable unit, managing 100+ staff for a national company and running my own business.
Outside of agriculture, you'd struggle to get staff if you didn't provide what is considered customary and not a "perk" -full PPE, work wear (trousers sweat shirt, body warmer) and a weatherproof jacket, extra holidays to reward length of service, all training and medicals etc. paid for by the company, free or subsidised canteen, free eye tests, Christmas bonus in cash or kind, paid compassionate leave for death of a relative, paid sick leave, free independent health and welfare advice profit related bonus or share schemes-all fairly standard now. Add on the Employee Forums, free gym membership shopping discounts, free draw for sports or theatre tickets, flexible working that more progressive employers are now offering, and you can see why I find some of the so called perks offered by farmers, quite frankly, laughable.
Having experienced first hand the costs to a business of high staff turnover, I can assure you that the above perks are very good value for money.
A please and thank you go along way. We don't employ full time staff just casual help when required. We always provide refreshment/meals when required, usually a chippy tea or trip to the golden arches when silaging.It would be very rare to find an employer here with similar pay and job requirements to agriculture that provide those benefits. I have siblings, friends and family members that work outside of agriculture each with at least one and some two college degrees who have few if any of those perks. These would be “white collar” jobs for the most part. They would be on similar money and still have to commute and pay housing with the addition of student loan debt.
I don’t buy the argument that agriculture offers nothing and expects the world of its employees. I consider myself fortunate to not have their jobs. You can still start at zero and get somewhere in farming if ya want. It’s not life at the bottom as some would portray it.
And fish and chips plus a beer for a visiting dairy farmer. Your generosity (and the wife’s) was much appreciated.A please and thank you go along way. We don't employ full time staff just casual help when required. We always provide refreshment/meals when required, usually a chippy tea or trip to the golden arches when silaging.
Always take the team, staff,rms tech, robot engineers for a meal out towards Christmas.
It would be very rare to find an employer here with similar pay and job requirements to agriculture that provide those benefits. I have siblings, friends and family members that work outside of agriculture each with at least one and some two college degrees who have few if any of those perks. These would be “white collar” jobs for the most part. They would be on similar money and still have to commute and pay housing with the addition of student loan debt.
I don’t buy the argument that agriculture offers nothing and expects the world of its employees. I consider myself fortunate to not have their jobs. You can still start at zero and get somewhere in farming if ya want. It’s not life at the bottom as some would portray it.
Its the least we could doAnd fish and chips plus a beer for a visiting dairy farmer. Your generosity (and the wife’s) was much appreciated.
Best post I have read in a very long timeNobody owns me.
Struggling to get my head around that attitude if your good at your job, proud of where you work and helping keep your workplace or boss with a good reputation why would you not want to show and advertise your place of work as contractors it’s good advertising in my bookBest post I have read in a very long time
It's all about being an employee, not a slaveStruggling to get my head around that attitude if your good at your job, proud of where you work and helping keep your workplace or boss with a good reputation why would you not want to show and advertise your place of work as contractors it’s good advertising in my book
Struggling to get my head around that attitude if your good at your job, proud of where you work and helping keep your workplace or boss with a good reputation why would you not want to show and advertise your place of work as contractors it’s good advertising in my book
Whose a bloody slave you work for someone doesn’t make you a slave ffsIt's all about being an employee, not a slave
How many employers have you worked for ? its surprising how many think they own you.Whose a bloody slave you work for someone doesn’t make you a slave ffs
Plenty and no one made me work for any of them I could quit anytime I liked guess I’ve been lucky I’ve always been treated with respect could be that by having the right attitude I’ve earned that respectHow many employers have you worked for ? its surprising how many think they own you.
Could be, you come across as one of those smugg A........ L.........Plenty and no one made me work for any of them I could quit anytime I liked guess I’ve been lucky I’ve always been treated with respect could be that by having the right attitude I’ve earned that respect
aye that’s it nothing to do with just doing my job properly I guessCould be, you come across as one of those smugg A........ L.........