Mcdonalds
Market cap: $202 Billion
Odds of my order being right: 60%
Odds of it being wrong 35%
Not getting it at all 5%.
Give up the idea that your employees need to be as good as you.
They can only be the best they can be, and any company that has any size at all is going to deal with this problem of employees F*cking up, sometimes in major ways.
Imagine your employee follows someone into the bathroom and stabs them. Jesus.
It happens.
Here's the secret.
"Do it as good as it can be done."
Keywords:
Do it = Actually do it. It doesn't mean "only do it if you can do it to the arbitrary standard you set". It means "do it".
As good = Try your best to make it the best it can be.
As it can be done = But once it is as good as you can make it, that's it. You still have to get it done. If it cannot be done perfect then don't do it perfect, if it can only be done mediocre then do it mediocre.
This will keep you sane as an employer. Yes, these employees don't give a shit. Not even half of a shit. Probably more like a fraction of a fraction of a shit.
So train them as best as you can.
Replace them as much as you can.
Recruit as much as you can.
But just keep going because mistakes are going to happen. And big ones too.
One thing we did for our lawn care company was....we don't hire the typical employees.
I don't think any of our employees speaks a lick of spanish.
All early 20's white dudes.
People that shouldn't work at a lawn care company for long.
And they don't. They go off and become police officers, highly skilled tradesmen, etc.
We get them for a year or two. They communicate, show up on time, their cars don't break down, they work well with customers, etc.
Something to think about....
We still make mistakes. But I don't expect them to be like me. I'm not building a business of 'Me's', I'm building a business of other people doing the work. I don't expect the same things from them. I expect them to give less of a shit. Your employees will not care as much as you.
So train as well as you can. Attract new people and replace when you can. But don't let it stop you from growing.
Market cap: $202 Billion
Odds of my order being right: 60%
Odds of it being wrong 35%
Not getting it at all 5%.
Give up the idea that your employees need to be as good as you.
They can only be the best they can be, and any company that has any size at all is going to deal with this problem of employees F*cking up, sometimes in major ways.
McDonald's employee saw 'crime of opportunity' - WV MetroNews
The victim is in stable condition.
wvmetronews.com
Imagine your employee follows someone into the bathroom and stabs them. Jesus.
It happens.
Here's the secret.
"Do it as good as it can be done."
Keywords:
Do it = Actually do it. It doesn't mean "only do it if you can do it to the arbitrary standard you set". It means "do it".
As good = Try your best to make it the best it can be.
As it can be done = But once it is as good as you can make it, that's it. You still have to get it done. If it cannot be done perfect then don't do it perfect, if it can only be done mediocre then do it mediocre.
This will keep you sane as an employer. Yes, these employees don't give a shit. Not even half of a shit. Probably more like a fraction of a fraction of a shit.
So train them as best as you can.
Replace them as much as you can.
Recruit as much as you can.
But just keep going because mistakes are going to happen. And big ones too.
One thing we did for our lawn care company was....we don't hire the typical employees.
I don't think any of our employees speaks a lick of spanish.
All early 20's white dudes.
People that shouldn't work at a lawn care company for long.
And they don't. They go off and become police officers, highly skilled tradesmen, etc.
We get them for a year or two. They communicate, show up on time, their cars don't break down, they work well with customers, etc.
Something to think about....
We still make mistakes. But I don't expect them to be like me. I'm not building a business of 'Me's', I'm building a business of other people doing the work. I don't expect the same things from them. I expect them to give less of a shit. Your employees will not care as much as you.
So train as well as you can. Attract new people and replace when you can. But don't let it stop you from growing.
also, maybe you should have Juanitas cleaning instead of Juans.he missed areas which he was supposed to clean
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