Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[max_river]

Originally Posted by pythonis

im the same way but sometimes i like to think of the lesser people and offer them work. That is, of course, until i see them begging in the market. I swear its like some people seem to be running some sort of "auto-beg" program.

i like that one auto beg and it is so true. i will not hire when they do that

[pythonis]

Ive actually had people in the market ask me where to get "auto-beg".

[max_river]

lol no way

[pythonis]

Originally Posted by max_river

lol no way

yes way, Ted

[supertrucker]

while i can understand the frustration involved in hiring someone who has no tools (i've been on both sides of this, having spent many hours working for others, with no tools of my own, and doing so after i acquired some tools), it's just a game! if you are in that much of a hurry that you absolutely MUST hire someone with the biggest tools available, maybe you should be taking a pill or 2, stepping away from the computer, or going outside --- you know, that wide-open space on the other side of your front door, with street lights, cars, other people?!?... the tools are nice, but they don't allow you to actually interact with the person who hired you, since you're in and out in nothing flat... breathe in, click, breathe out... breathe in, move mouse, breathe out... alternate 'click' and 'move mouse' with every inhale/exhale cycle, you'll feel so much better...

[pythonis]

i hire people with tools so that i CAN step away from the computer. I am so tired of hiring people that dont have tools then coming back 5 hours later to find they got booted or they didnt like the job and left or whatever. I come back and all of my crops have died or my trees are not even as far as finishing times. personally i dont want to interact with ppl in this game. if i wanted to talk to people id go knock on my neighbors door. But i hire those with tools because i know theyll do the job completely and theyll do it quickly. I dont have to micromanage people with tools.

How to do the "Its just a game" test. Spend all of your farm cash on sending things to your neighbors. Then go and delete every single farm cash item on all of your farms. Now, if you feel even the slightest bit of loss whether it be time or money spent then it wasnt just a game.

[itsabon]

The best part of this feature, if you have been with farm town for awhile..you can now hire someone who is just starting out..who doesn't have all the tools we (oldies) have, and just hire them to do everything on every farm and go on your merry old way..getting your farm done, while you are doing something else, and allowing (newbies) to do their thing..helping the new person..as we were helped when we first started........love farm town

[supertrucker]

Originally Posted by itsabon

The best part of this feature, if you have been with farm town for awhile..you can now hire someone who is just starting out..who doesn't have all the tools we (oldies) have, and just hire them to do everything on every farm and go on your merry old way..getting your farm done, while you are doing something else, and allowing (newbies) to do their thing..helping the new person..as we were helped when we first started........love farm town

amen to that... that's exactly the message i was trying to convey a couple of posts ago, but maybe it got lost in translation.

[artisanrox]

If I'm heading to work and in a hurry, I'll use my own coin tools, but I dislike it because I like hiring people. If I have a LOT of farmage to work, and get a 1x1er, I'll hire two people and put them each on their own farms and try to split the work evenly as I can.

If I have a 1x1 worker who stalls a LOT or is there to just goof around, I'll gladly look for a combine user to steamroll over 'em.

[pythonis]

but you all are assuming that youve hired honorable people that wont decide the job is crappy or wont pay what they want and leave. Youre assuming they wont get booted before they even get halfway done. Youre also assuming that we actually want to leave the game or that we even have a life.