PrintingFools
Well-known member
From the beginning we have had a problem with finding good people.
We pay more than our competitors .
We offer paid holidays, paid vacation and paid sick days.
We have tried to find new people from :
Indeed.com , Craigslist , Facebook and Word of Mouth
We have been faced with some shocking situations when employees get fired or quit.
1. We had an employee we fired because she was embossing/stealing money ($20,000) from our company
2. We had an employee we let go and he said to us that if we didnt pay him a bribe of $5,000 he would try to close out company down by lying to the IRS. We didnt pay of course because we had nothing to fear from the IRS as we are 100% honest .
3. We had an employee quit because she said the job was to stressful and she wanted to spend more time with her kids. Then she filled a FAKE claim of harassment against us ( said she feared for her life) to try and get unemployment money. We won the case, because we never did anything 100% false. But the allegation really hurt , because we treated this person like a daughter.
4. We had an employee Transition from FEMALE to MALE , during their employment . We fully supported them. Even though we don’t offer insurance . We helped pay for her/his medical bills and went with her to doctors appointment ( because he didnt want to go alone). We even stood up for him to others as far as being “judged” . He would run and hide when a customer came in that had met him as a female, or before the change. I told him you have to be proud of who you are and you can’t hide from customers. Its your job to speak to them. Yet, he quit too and blamed us.
5. We had an interview set up for a person this Tuesday. The job interview was set and confirmed twice for 3:30,…….at 3:00 she called and said she would be 15 minutes late, at 3:40 they called again and said they were almost there, at 4:00 she still had not shown up. I had to leave for another meeting. At 4:01 she called and when she was told that we waited for 1/2 an hour and had to leave. She screamed at the receptionist that “We were F#cking Rude” and hung up.
I could go on and on with more weird and shocking stories.
All of the rest of our company is great, financials, clients, growth every month.
It is just this issue with staffing.
We have a 2 part interview process, we ask detailed questions.
We don’t just go with just anyone.
We tell the people in advance that the job of working in printing is hard.
I feel like we are giving everything we can to each employee.
Yes, we are always made out to be the bad guy.
I guess I am wondering what am I doing wrong ?
If we keep having problems …them maybe we have to look at “us”
Has anyone had a problem with finding good people?
How did you solve it?
Thank You
We pay more than our competitors .
We offer paid holidays, paid vacation and paid sick days.
We have tried to find new people from :
Indeed.com , Craigslist , Facebook and Word of Mouth
We have been faced with some shocking situations when employees get fired or quit.
1. We had an employee we fired because she was embossing/stealing money ($20,000) from our company
2. We had an employee we let go and he said to us that if we didnt pay him a bribe of $5,000 he would try to close out company down by lying to the IRS. We didnt pay of course because we had nothing to fear from the IRS as we are 100% honest .
3. We had an employee quit because she said the job was to stressful and she wanted to spend more time with her kids. Then she filled a FAKE claim of harassment against us ( said she feared for her life) to try and get unemployment money. We won the case, because we never did anything 100% false. But the allegation really hurt , because we treated this person like a daughter.
4. We had an employee Transition from FEMALE to MALE , during their employment . We fully supported them. Even though we don’t offer insurance . We helped pay for her/his medical bills and went with her to doctors appointment ( because he didnt want to go alone). We even stood up for him to others as far as being “judged” . He would run and hide when a customer came in that had met him as a female, or before the change. I told him you have to be proud of who you are and you can’t hide from customers. Its your job to speak to them. Yet, he quit too and blamed us.
5. We had an interview set up for a person this Tuesday. The job interview was set and confirmed twice for 3:30,…….at 3:00 she called and said she would be 15 minutes late, at 3:40 they called again and said they were almost there, at 4:00 she still had not shown up. I had to leave for another meeting. At 4:01 she called and when she was told that we waited for 1/2 an hour and had to leave. She screamed at the receptionist that “We were F#cking Rude” and hung up.
I could go on and on with more weird and shocking stories.
All of the rest of our company is great, financials, clients, growth every month.
It is just this issue with staffing.
We have a 2 part interview process, we ask detailed questions.
We don’t just go with just anyone.
We tell the people in advance that the job of working in printing is hard.
I feel like we are giving everything we can to each employee.
Yes, we are always made out to be the bad guy.
I guess I am wondering what am I doing wrong ?
If we keep having problems …them maybe we have to look at “us”
Has anyone had a problem with finding good people?
How did you solve it?
Thank You
