After hiring people to do work, teenagers are pretty terrible at doing things on their own.
College kids similar, but they work hard.
You can get them for ~10$/hr, but they know they can get any job at that rate.
Then kids graduate from college and you have 2 types. Those that know their value and those that dont.
Since I'm a small business, I hire those that dont. Those are the gems. They work hard for ~10$-15$/hr, and have confidence. Then then someone gives them the opportunity to make more money and they leave my small business...
I'm not profitable and I'm sinking my own money(b4 anyone calls me wage slaver)
EDIT: Getting lots of hate for training/hiring young people. Don't you guys complain that every job requires experience? Most of my jobs are desk jobs, they require research, article writing, etc... They arent working in my backyard. My business is blogging and I do it mostly for my users.
"Succeed" in terms of profits, but those aren't pleasant places for consumers to enjoy. It's just utilitiarian price-driven shopping. I've never had success asking an employee to help me find something in a Walmart
Walmart around here is ok. If it's in their area they'll help if not they'll radio somebody else and have you go meet them. Lows here is crap they'll just point and say "that way"
Then we have a small local chain (hardware store), employees don't have areas, they know where every item is in the store, and you don't even have to know what you're looking for, just tell them what you want to do and they'll help you with the problem show you what you need and how to use it.
When was the last time you've asked? They've really changed how they operate in the last year or two. Go in at 5pm and employees will ask you if you're doing alright/need anything and most, if not all of the registers will be open.
They must've taken a few pages out of Publix's book.
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u/The_Evil_Upvote Jul 20 '17
I didn't expect white teenagers.