Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[Miamine]

Originally Posted by kurlikew

First, if you're going to hire people to work in your facilities, it makes sense to make sure that they are condensed onto as few farms as possible so that your workers don't have to jump around to a bunch of different farms (and thus have to wait for each one to load, which can take a while). I can tell you I own every facility that's currently available, and even have multiples of some, and I have them all on four farms, and all my service facilities on one farm.

I'm very sure there are a great many people who will agree with these suggestions!

Many may agree, but I don't. I can't see the point of sticking all my facilities on one farm. Firstly farms like this are often difficult to collect from, if you get an xlink error, you can't find the facility to start again, and it's hard to go right back to the beginning and start again. Also, the developers have made the facilities look pretty, they might as well be unpainted squares if all you want to do is pack them up. I use the facilities to enhance my farms, so fish restaurants are by the sea and the shops are in the town. I'm not fussy about how others play the game, but I play the game for me, not to suit my workers. Lots of my neighbours that packed their facilities on to one farm, seem to be now moving them, to make their farms look pretty.

[sibisan]

I like to harvest fruit trees. I, however, do not have any "tools" because I don't have the money to be buying them to play the game. On more occasions than I can possibly recall, I'll be on a farm, minding my own business, harvesting the trees, and a person with "tools" comes through and harvests EVERYTHING, leaving nothing left for me to do. They take ALL the work! And they don't CARE. I cannot compete with folks that have tree shakers. It just happened to me a few minutes ago. I am getting very fed up and will probably stop playing altogether. The playing field has become unfair.

[wsbohannon]

Originally Posted by sibisan

I like to harvest fruit trees. I, however, do not have any "tools" because I don't have the money to be buying them to play the game. On more occasions than I can possibly recall, I'll be on a farm, minding my own business, harvesting the trees, and a person with "tools" comes through and harvests EVERYTHING, leaving nothing left for me to do. They take ALL the work! And they don't CARE. I cannot compete with folks that have tree shakers. It just happened to me a few minutes ago. I am getting very fed up and will probably stop playing altogether. The playing field has become unfair.

I personally have tools and understand what you are saying... sometimes when i am hired i do look for other workers but if i can't see them in the trees, i assume noone else is there and harvest them all with my tools and see someone without tools working. It makes me feel bad that i have hogged all the work. if i see someone without tools working, i only do a few then leave the rest. People with tools are not necessarily hogging all the work. They just don't see you. I have a ton of trees that need harvesting daily and chopping. If i ever see you at the marketplace I will be happy to hire you to do them...

[sibisan]

Originally Posted by wsbohannon

I personally have tools and understand what you are saying... sometimes when i am hired i do look for other workers but if i can't see them in the trees, i assume noone else is there and harvest them all with my tools and see someone without tools working. It makes me feel bad that i have hogged all the work. if i see someone without tools working, i only do a few then leave the rest. People with tools are not necessarily hogging all the work. They just don't see you. I have a ton of trees that need harvesting daily and chopping. If i ever see you at the marketplace I will be happy to hire you to do them...

Thanks On many occasions I have asked the person with tools to leave me some work but they carry on. I have run across some who will leave some of the work for me, but they, unfortunately, are the exception not the rule. I know there are lots of nice folks out there, I just haven't run across many lately. Hope to see you at the marketplace

[Sandy Mae]

I understand! I have been with out tools and had that done! Then when I got tools I found if I work every other farm I don't take away from the person with out. I tell the one with out if they want my help just yell. But we have all started from zero and some of us need to remember that!!! And I would be happy to work for either of you as well as be neighbors!!!

[sibisan]

Originally Posted by Sandy Mae

I understand! I have been with out tools and had that done! Then when I got tools I found if I work every other farm I don't take away from the person with out. I tell the one with out if they want my help just yell. But we have all started from zero and some of us need to remember that!!! And I would be happy to work for either of you as well as be neighbors!!!

Thanks Sandy. You are one of the exceptions

[Art]

When I hire and get to mult farms I see my own name with a check box. What's up with that and why don't the dev's feel they need to tell us?

[ThaLuvlyMisJ]

Originally Posted by sibisan

I like to harvest fruit trees. I, however, do not have any "tools" because I don't have the money to be buying them to play the game. On more occasions than I can possibly recall, I'll be on a farm, minding my own business, harvesting the trees, and a person with "tools" comes through and harvests EVERYTHING, leaving nothing left for me to do. They take ALL the work! And they don't CARE. I cannot compete with folks that have tree shakers. It just happened to me a few minutes ago. I am getting very fed up and will probably stop playing altogether. The playing field has become unfair.

Yah unfortunately this happens way too often!! I personally have tools ( which I very recently finally gave into ) and I always make a point to either A. ASK the other person without tools if they have anything in specific they really want and would appreciate me not doing or B. Just only do half of the work so they have plenty for themselves... There are still some of us "polite and nice" people out there who still play the game...Hopefully u come in contact with more of us!

[Sandy Mae]

I go to the market to get hired to harvest trees or crops. When I get there I find trees that are so tightly place it is hard to harvest them. Or the crops are over layered. First clue to this is my computer rebels. So I send a message to the person who hired me and just tell them the truth. My computer can not handle the trees or crops because of too tight on trees or crops are over layered. Then I leave. I am not trying to upset any one but my computer is more important than some one clugging up the works just because they can.

[pawtalker]

I advertise myself as a combine. I want to be hired to harvest AND plow, period. If you don't want to hire for harvest and plow, don't hire a combine.