Struggling to get or retain good staff ?

Just gave you another one :)


I think you're slowly getting better.

TO be fair you make some not totally untrue statements. . . . . its just the way you say it. You just have a very acerbic tone.

Most of us here work very very hard to get by, there are of course some that have lots of land and lots of money, but not many.

Getting shouted at one a forum by someone called 'student101' about toilets, is pretty annoying.

A good discussion is great.
 
Every job is different so in simple terms adding 40% to the Agricultural Wages Boards figures would be a start , even then that would only put a grade 6 worker on £13.16 ph , not big money or an unreasonable amount.

I’ve lads working for me in construction that aren’t on £13.16 an hour and I can set my prices. You’re expecting farmers, who are paid bare minimum, to somehow find this money?

I wasnt thinking of farmers "giving" workers houses and I agree with your last sentence completely , but why would workers leave a farm if the employer was a good one? , with or without qualifications..

People leave jobs all the time, just because they’re bored. You see it all the time, some people will work at a firm 25 years, other swap jobs every 6 month, most of the time nothing to do with the employer

Two degrees , a 2;1 and a merit , successful business experience and no Porridgewog relations:p

Tell us more about your successful business experience?

You may be surprised how many agree with me and Ive had quite a few PMs saying they agree with a lot in my posts but for what ever reason wont say so on the forum.

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I’ve lads working for me in construction that aren’t on £13.16 an hour and I can set my prices. You’re expecting farmers, who are paid bare minimum, to somehow find this money?



People leave jobs all the time, just because they’re bored. You see it all the time, some people will work at a firm 25 years, other swap jobs every 6 month, most of the time nothing to do with the employer



Tell us more about your successful business experience?



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that's is nothing to boast about @Timmy has a better "like" to post ratio and he is a lamb :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
One of the most common reasons why people leave jobs is failure of the employer to live up to their word. I left my last very well paid job because the board didn't live up to their word.

'It's a senior management development role Bill, and in 6 months we will pay you x and then in 12 months we will pay you x more as long as you meet certain standards. Standards were met and exceeded as recorded in my PDR but no pay rise'. Jam tomorrow bribery will send staff to Indeed.com quicker than anything.

In hindsight I should have played hard ball and got it written into my contract, but being the longest serving member of staff they had ever had, you would think there would be an element of trust and respect from both sides and not just mine.

'Oh yes your the boss, you call the shots - that is as long as you don't upset the finance manager, who although technically is not employed by us and is your junior and is as crooked as a nine bob note, we actually are s1t scared of her because we can't be arsed to understand the finances properly so really she's the boss, but of course legally you are accountable for the businesses compliance'.

I left for a fraction of the salary I was on and never once regretted it.

In my experience of managing teams and individuals, staff like to feel wanted and appreciated, either through training, investment in them and development or just simply being trusted to get on with things and allowed the flexibility to deal with things like personal issues that crop up without having to use up holiday etc.

Pay and physical conditions are actually quite along way down the list of reasons why people leave jobs, despite the fact that some people seem to think it no longer acceptable for staff to carry hedge tickets or work for what the market can afford to pay them.
I myself have worked on some great building projects and some not so great, find housing sites horrible to work on for some reason, seems bigger company or project more mess there is
 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

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    Votes: 78 43.1%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 63 34.8%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 30 16.6%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 3 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 4 2.2%

Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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