Shortage of good staff

[Will 1594]

Thread needs to be retitled "Shortage of people willing to work stupid hours in a dead end job, for for a few pennies more than minimum wage, with a boss that thinks you should be grateful for anything you get and who longs for a return to Victorian times as the Workhouse sorted out the shirkers"

so you say a dead end job
care to enlighten us and define what you mean ,
and what what puts a crust on your table

 

[rusty]

We tried Facebook a few yrs ago ,only to find they would ring up to make contact then all by text to show the dole office they were looking for work. Then wouldnt turn up for interview Tw2ts !

I have had this in the past where they have turned up for interview but with no intention of taking the job just so they can keep drawing job seekers allowance.

 

[Lincs Lass]

I know of a place where they need staff ,last applicant came from an up to date farm 2 yr old max machinery ,,took one look at and found nothing was under 5 yrs old and some of it was older than Noah.

 

[Will 1594]

I know of a place where they need staff ,last applicant came from an up to date farm 2 yr old max machinery ,,took one look at and found nothing was under 5 yrs old and some of it was older than Noah.

why the move
shiny kit syndrome , not all it’s cracked up to be

 

[ollie989898]

why the move
shiny kit syndrome , not all it’s cracked up to be

I can't think of anything that would kill my enthusiasm than turning up to a place and having to fix or fudge virtually everything before you could use it. I'm happy to maintain and work with equipment that is up together, but the days of dragging stuff out of the nettles and taking it on the road or working with guards missing, bits clearly fudged etc are long gone.

 

[Lincs Lass]

why the move
shiny kit syndrome , not all it’s cracked up to be

Don't know ,,never heard anything more

 

[Will 1594]

Don't know ,,never heard anything more

how busy are you job at bungalow to look at

 

[Poorbuthappy]

I can't think of anything that would kill my enthusiasm than turning up to a place and having to fix or fudge virtually everything before you could use it. I'm happy to maintain and work with equipment that is up together, but the days of dragging stuff out of the nettles and taking it on the road or working with guards missing, bits clearly fudged etc are long gone.

It doesn't have to be under 2 year old to be well maintained.
Indeed, seen farms where kit under 2 year old looks horrendous.

 

[ollie989898]

It doesn't have to be under 2 year old to be well maintained.
Indeed, seen farms where kit under 2 year old looks horrendous.

I didn't say everything had to be under 2 years old, just up together.

 

[7610 super q]

Country's heading to hell in a cart if no one wants to do the low paid manual work.
As for not wanting to drive tractors older than 2 years. I suppose the Ford 4000 is out of the question then......
No one wants to do the high paid jobs like dentistry either.
I despair, I really do........

 

[ollie989898]

Country's heading to hell in a cart if no one wants to do the low paid manual work.
As for not wanting to drive tractors older than 2 years. I suppose the Ford 4000 is out of the question then......
No one wants to do the high paid jobs like dentistry either.
I despair, I really do........

Who the heck wants to fudge about with old folks teeth? Must be something wrong with people who want to do that.

 

[7610 super q]

Who the heck wants to fudge about with old folks teeth? Must be something wrong with people who want to do that.

I don't suppose many wanted to go down the coal mines, or venture into no man's land on the Somme.......but hey-ho.
This country has had it if no one wants to do anything

 

[ollie989898]

I don't suppose many wanted to go down the coal mines, or venture into no man's land on the Somme.......but hey-ho.
This country has had it if no one wants to do anything

I'll take the coal mines thanks Bob, rather than the old folks teeth. Operating on teeth- that's down near my least favourite thing, surgery on eyes.

 

[Sandpit Farm]

Who the heck wants to fudge about with old folks teeth? Must be something wrong with people who want to do that.

I'll have a go... now where's me drill?

 

[BrianV]

There’s many farms that have no concept to the reality of the cost of living, or still have figures in there mind from 1989

Probably because up until very recently we were still being payed 1989 prices so kept wondering what's changed.

 

[Norfolk Olly]

It doesn't have to be under 2 year old to be well maintained.
Indeed, seen farms where kit under 2 year old looks horrendous.

If it's new it doesn't need greasing, if it's old its not worth greasing

 

[kfpben]

If it's new it doesn't need greasing, if it's old its not worth greasing

If it rattles turn the radio up.

 

[AnyOldName]

Not condoning it, just saying it as I see it. Wages countrywide in too many industries are too low but that's what unprecedented inflation does for you.

The current high inflation is relatively recent, low agricultural wages and the associated crap working conditions have been around for decades. The only reason most people take agri jobs is because they enjoy at least some aspects of it.

 

[betweenthelines]

so you say a dead end job
care to enlighten us and define what you mean ,
and what what puts a crust on your table

Dead end jobs-no real chances of improving your position or job satisfaction without moving on.

How do you answer the "where do you see yourself in 5 years time?" question if you're applying for a herdsman job.
"Working somewhere else" might not make a good impression.

I've been both an employer and an employee in farming and outside farming. Good employers don't have trouble recruiting staff, mainly because staff don't leave.

Currently working in the transport industry with a firm where 90% of the staff have 20+ years service-3 have over 50 years each!

 

[kiwi pom]

Country's heading to hell in a cart if no one wants to do the low paid manual work.
As for not wanting to drive tractors older than 2 years. I suppose the Ford 4000 is out of the question then......
No one wants to do the high paid jobs like dentistry either.
I despair, I really do........

I like driving the older stuff, it has to be in working order though, happy to sit in a 7610 all day, as long as everything works. If it has a cab but no AC I'd prefer it if the cab was chopped off