New Kid on Da Block
We've just hired a new kid to assist us in the day to day running of the bookstore. It's a she and well... I think (or rather I hope) that she can do well. I am one employer who doesn't believe in conjuring up all kinds of hell just to make my staff's life a living nightmare. But this girl is a safe bet probably due to the fact that she looks like the girl next door. I've had few candidates whose looks can be such a put-off and that's important because first impression is a lasting impression. I need to have a certain level of trust particularly when this person will be handling cash sales. It's almost like gambling and taking risks, which explains why close circuit cameras are are fast becoming a must haves nowadays.
To train a new staff can be very very tiresome. There's the briefing on the remuneration scheme, which usually never fails to create a knot on their brows. And then the never-ending subject about the products, pricing, regulations, customer satisfaction, yadi yadi yada... And the next thing you know, that'll be the last time you see them. This is the dilemma that I've been forced to swallow everytime a post is made for the "lower" ranking positions. I know I can't be expecting too much from a candidate who later learned that their would-be salary is much less to be desired. But then again, I couldn't be offering a fortune for just a job of arranging books on the shelves. My friend once said, "if you give peanuts, you'll get monkeys" and in my case, monkey it is. Who says you can't train a monkey...?
But I'll give this new girl a break and hopefully she'll persevere. It's only her first day and it's way too early to judge her. At this time of writing, it has been her 6 hours of working and lets just hope that she'll make another appearance for tomorrow. Otherwise, it'll be another monkey...
We've just hired a new kid to assist us in the day to day running of the bookstore. It's a she and well... I think (or rather I hope) that she can do well. I am one employer who doesn't believe in conjuring up all kinds of hell just to make my staff's life a living nightmare. But this girl is a safe bet probably due to the fact that she looks like the girl next door. I've had few candidates whose looks can be such a put-off and that's important because first impression is a lasting impression. I need to have a certain level of trust particularly when this person will be handling cash sales. It's almost like gambling and taking risks, which explains why close circuit cameras are are fast becoming a must haves nowadays.
To train a new staff can be very very tiresome. There's the briefing on the remuneration scheme, which usually never fails to create a knot on their brows. And then the never-ending subject about the products, pricing, regulations, customer satisfaction, yadi yadi yada... And the next thing you know, that'll be the last time you see them. This is the dilemma that I've been forced to swallow everytime a post is made for the "lower" ranking positions. I know I can't be expecting too much from a candidate who later learned that their would-be salary is much less to be desired. But then again, I couldn't be offering a fortune for just a job of arranging books on the shelves. My friend once said, "if you give peanuts, you'll get monkeys" and in my case, monkey it is. Who says you can't train a monkey...?
But I'll give this new girl a break and hopefully she'll persevere. It's only her first day and it's way too early to judge her. At this time of writing, it has been her 6 hours of working and lets just hope that she'll make another appearance for tomorrow. Otherwise, it'll be another monkey...
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