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The new prospective franchise player showed up
this past Monday 7-11-05. He is the 18 year old
son of a friend who I worked with 10 years ago.
I have had up to 3 employees max at once and
for now it is just him and I. Right now he is
going to have a range of duties from machine
operator, delivery driver, to ditch digger.
I have a real low opinion of teenagers of this
modern day, but this kid is old school. He
listens, throws trash in the trash can, puts
tools back where he got them, etc, etc. The ditch
digging is for utilities for the new shop.
I needed a few trees cut down for an area that
needed graded for better drainage, I went out
after a few hours to check on him and found
the large pieces neatly stacked for firewood
and the small stuff in the dumpster, just
like I told him. He had more done than I had
expected and was on the next task with out being
told. He did just a little of actual shop work
this week, but once the new shop is finished he
will mostly be doing all shop work. My question
is how do I best grow this kid as a good employee? I have made the mistake of over-paying
for bad help in the past so it left no room
for motivational raises. I started this kid out
cheap $7.50 an hour, but bumped him up to $8.00
in just 4 days. Since he lives kind of far away
and doesn't have a driver's license yet (he should get one next week) he stays here Mon-Fri
in my home and goes home weekends, so I feed
him to. He has a lot of potential and seems
pretty good for a So. Cal teenager, so is the
best stratedgy a bunch of small raises close
together or big ones far apart? Any advice or
stories of how to raise an apprentice would
be very appreciated. I am looking to expand my
business and I would like nothing more than make
this kid my well trusted right hand man when
he is 25. Then he can take over the small shop
of no more than 5 employees and I will semi-retire at 51, how can I do this?
this past Monday 7-11-05. He is the 18 year old
son of a friend who I worked with 10 years ago.
I have had up to 3 employees max at once and
for now it is just him and I. Right now he is
going to have a range of duties from machine
operator, delivery driver, to ditch digger.
I have a real low opinion of teenagers of this
modern day, but this kid is old school. He
listens, throws trash in the trash can, puts
tools back where he got them, etc, etc. The ditch
digging is for utilities for the new shop.
I needed a few trees cut down for an area that
needed graded for better drainage, I went out
after a few hours to check on him and found
the large pieces neatly stacked for firewood
and the small stuff in the dumpster, just
like I told him. He had more done than I had
expected and was on the next task with out being
told. He did just a little of actual shop work
this week, but once the new shop is finished he
will mostly be doing all shop work. My question
is how do I best grow this kid as a good employee? I have made the mistake of over-paying
for bad help in the past so it left no room
for motivational raises. I started this kid out
cheap $7.50 an hour, but bumped him up to $8.00
in just 4 days. Since he lives kind of far away
and doesn't have a driver's license yet (he should get one next week) he stays here Mon-Fri
in my home and goes home weekends, so I feed
him to. He has a lot of potential and seems
pretty good for a So. Cal teenager, so is the
best stratedgy a bunch of small raises close
together or big ones far apart? Any advice or
stories of how to raise an apprentice would
be very appreciated. I am looking to expand my
business and I would like nothing more than make
this kid my well trusted right hand man when
he is 25. Then he can take over the small shop
of no more than 5 employees and I will semi-retire at 51, how can I do this?