Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[Texas Cowgirl]

Can't you do SOMETHING to make chopping and fishing more attractive? Give extra points or more harvests or something.

[Docperk]

Originally Posted by Texas Cowgirl

Can't you do SOMETHING to make chopping and fishing more attractive? Give extra points or more harvests or something.

I agree, that is actually what I came to this forum to post about. Not so much about the Chopping because I see people wanting to chop all the time, but it is very difficult to get anyone to fish for you, it so bad many of them have NO FISHING as part of their name. They post will do anything but fish. If they don't have a boat I understand that but with a boat it is pretty easy to fish. Same difference if you harvest one square at time or if you have harvester and or plow. They have given us bait to double to the amount to be caught and I always advertise that I bait. I spend as much time trying to hire someone to fish that I could have just as well done it myself. I am pretty fast at with my boat and don't mind fishing for others. I just don't see why so many people hate it so much and haven't a clue as to what to make it more inviting that they would want to do it.

[pennysworth]

Originally Posted by Docperk

I agree, that is actually what I came to this forum to post about. Not so much about the Chopping because I see people wanting to chop all the time, but it is very difficult to get anyone to fish for you, it so bad many of them have NO FISHING as part of their name. They post will do anything but fish. If they don't have a boat I understand that but with a boat it is pretty easy to fish. Same difference if you harvest one square at time or if you have harvester and or plow. They have given us bait to double to the amount to be caught and I always advertise that I bait. I spend as much time trying to hire someone to fish that I could have just as well done it myself. I am pretty fast at with my boat and don't mind fishing for others. I just don't see why so many people hate it so much and haven't a clue as to what to make it more inviting that they would want to do it.

Would not be so bad, but some people have over done the water, just like the crops and layering every thing.

I do not mind doing some fishing, but there are farms that I have agreed to fish on that I wish I had not even with my boat.

[Kath-H]

I hired two people yesterday, each had one farm to harvest & plow. No layers, nothing difficult. Didn't mind if they were fast or slow, both hired to work solo. As so often happens, I came back to find both jobs half or less than half done and the worker gone. I would really like a rating system for workers!

[HelenJS22]

Originally Posted by Kath-H

I hired two people yesterday, each had one farm to harvest & plow. No layers, nothing difficult. Didn't mind if they were fast or slow, both hired to work solo. As so often happens, I came back to find both jobs half or less than half done and the worker gone. I would really like a rating system for workers!

It's not always necessarily the fault of the workers. I have been 'timed out' on a farm before where I have had no choice than to let it drop out. I've even gone back to the market to try to find the farmer to explain what happened, but it was not possible to find her again.

Yep, there are slack workers, but you need to give them the benefit of the doubt.

[fireplug12]

i try to find the workers too. I have been told - I don't fish or I don't do flowers. I tell them they accepted the job and I attempt to rehire them to finish....if they refuse the job. I will openly ask for someone to finish the job that "so and so" didn't finish!!!

I will send a message if I get hired for a large job so that, in the case of being timed out, they can send me a message back to rehire if they are still on.

[BamaNana]

i try to find the workers too. I have been told - I don't fish or I don't do flowers.

From the POV of a worker, one of the problems is that those who want to hire are not always efficient in using the hiring options. Generally, I don't accept jobs that include flowers. But as an experiment yesterday, I accepted whatever was offered. Almost every job I accepted didn't actually have all the work that was specified in the hire request. It's very frustrating to turn things off and on (trees, flowers, etc) as you work through multiple farms, only to find that what was requested doesn't need work. I only did that for one day. I don't accept jobs I can't or prefer not to do.

[Kath-H]

I wish more people would use the new feature in the market - click avatar, change status ro red if looking for work, pink if hiring. Sometimes I struggle to hire because of all the requests coming in. I suppose word will get round eventually, it's a really good idea.

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by Kath-H

I wish more people would use the new feature in the market - click avatar, change status ro red if looking for work, pink if hiring. Sometimes I struggle to hire because of all the requests coming in. I suppose word will get round eventually, it's a really good idea.

The problem is most players don't read the announcements or even use the forum at all, so it takes a while for the word about a new feature to get around.

[HelenJS22]

Originally Posted by Taz D

The problem is most players don't read the announcements or even use the forum at all, so it takes a while for the word about a new feature to get around.

LOL - maybe when each new update came out, the devs could put up a pop-up telling farmers to go to the forum to learn about it, rather than just a pop-up giving us only basic details.

It's is just amazing the number who play this game in complete ignorance of updates or rules. So many of them have never, ever been near the forum, but they expect others to spoon feed them all the way.

I did have one neighbour tell me that she 'wasn't game to click on many of the buttons because she didn't know what they would do and she might lose her game'