Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[artisanrox]

Originally Posted by bluemoon2011

I am guilty of not answering but it is never intentional. I usually say thank you when I get to a farm to work and then once I start working I sometimes forget to look at the chat box again until I'm done. I don't get bent out of shape if I don't get hired to do everything, though, and I think it's silly of people to think they should be hired to plow just because they harvested.

I imagine that if I see "thanks" right away I would understand that not answering isn't intentional.

At least something was said to be polite. I really don't mind quiet workers. It's just when they're not saying anything at all that I feel I don't have to say anything either.

And...why should workers not plow? It's cheaper, you're not robbed of any EXP, and you can go and do other things while they do that. I don't see why so many refuse to have people plow for them after harvesting.

[Kath-H]

"I don't see why so many refuse to have people plow for them after harvesting."

I don't refuse exactly - and sometimes I ask a harvester to plow after if they are quick and neat - but sometimes I want to share the jobs around so I ask someone else to plow. Also, person B can start plowing while person A is still harvesting, so it's quicker. Nothing personal

[pythonis]

To some its all about the money, not the XP. I dont know how many times ive sent plow offers to level 20s, 30s, and 40s, just to have them refused. Oh but theyre all more than happy to accept a harvest job.

[Valdoe]

What driving me crazy is you at the market and you ask who wants to do flowers or trees etc. then you get flooded with people saying I will or me etc.
90% of the time they responding to others who asking who wants to plow or harvest...

DEV you must come up with a better way of hiring... I now starting to resort and doing my own farms. I love hiring but now to much time is being wasted finding THE RIGHT WORKERS for the RIGHT JOB.

[artisanrox]

Originally Posted by Kath-H

"I don't see why so many refuse to have people plow for them after harvesting."

I don't refuse exactly - and sometimes I ask a harvester to plow after if they are quick and neat - but sometimes I want to share the jobs around so I ask someone else to plow. Also, person B can start plowing while person A is still harvesting, so it's quicker. Nothing personal

If you want to share jobs and end up ticking people off in the process, what does that accomplish?

[pythonis]

i was raised to share. if that ticks you off then i hate that for you. Youre there to work for me and do what i tell you. if you dont like it you can leave. What it accomplishes is weeding out the people i dont want to employ. And I never hire people to plow while another is harvesting because it always kicks (and ticks) me off.

Of course, if you want a job done right, do it yourself.

[artisanrox]

Originally Posted by pythonis

i was raised to share. if that ticks you off then i hate that for you. Youre there to work for me and do what i tell you. if you dont like it you can leave. What it accomplishes is weeding out the people i dont want to employ. And I never hire people to plow while another is harvesting because it always kicks (and ticks) me off.

Of course, if you want a job done right, do it yourself.

"I was raised to share, and dangit, you'll do it MY WAY!!!" LOL

Why do some consider hiring separate people to plow/harvest as some sort of humanitarian act? Yes it's less time consuming. but if you're ticking people off because you're ignoring them when they're perfectly good to plow, that's a strange way of sharing.

So you have to same person harvest AND plow. So what?

I've hardly ever met people I "don't want to employ" and I hire from the Marketplace as often as i can.

[pythonis]

Sharing does not mean giving all jobs to one single person! Id have 12 people working my farms if I could but everyone keeps whining about wanting solo work so I just do all my farming myself. However when I do decide to hire others I spread the jobs out. i have 5 fields needing harvested and plowed? That means jobs for up to 20 people.

Yes, "My way or the highway"

[JAS0643]

Originally Posted by artisanrox

"I was raised to share, and dangit, you'll do it MY WAY!!!" LOL

Why do some consider hiring separate people to plow/harvest as some sort of humanitarian act? Yes it's less time consuming. but if you're ticking people off because you're ignoring them when they're perfectly good to plow, that's a strange way of sharing.

So you have to same person harvest AND plow. So what?

I've hardly ever met people I "don't want to employ" and I hire from the Marketplace as often as i can.

Why do people get mad when they do not get the plow job? What is there to get mad about? You where hired to do a job and you did it the farmer that hired you to harvest does not have to hire you to do another job even if you can see a job that needs to be done on the farm.

[pythonis]

Originally Posted by JAS0643

Why do people get mad when they do not get the plow job? What is there to get mad about? You where hired to do a job and you did it the farmer that hired you to harvest does not have to hire you to do another job even if you can see a job that needs to be done on the farm.

because people get mad when someone else might get to something before they do.