What's the deal finding help these days ?

LOL I dont belive that for one minute!
Ive listened to all the old farts around here tell tons of haying stories about how hard they worked.
And they all end with the same line.
"Back then it was the best job around"
So heres the question is it still the best job around?

Last spring when we really needed help we paid $25 a hour to get help one day.
The next day we had a line of willing workers.

Wasn't this thread about "Why don't kids know how to work?" I have noticed that a lot of kids today think they are entitled to what they want. And face it most parents do want better for their kids than they had it. And a lot a parents do feel guilty cause they have to work and leave the kids on "their own". If you give every thing to anyone and expect nothing from them, you have only taught them a bad habit. I have also noticed that the kids the impress me the most are in FFA and 4-H. They learn about hard work and dedication. So perhaps there is still hope out there.

don't know about your area but the square bail industry is doing well here. farmers round bale the stuff to get it out of the field in a hurry. it is bought by enterprising people who break down the rounds into squares at a quite nice profit.

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No, The title is actually What's the deal finding good help? nothing about age.

I remember haying square bales in Georgia 7-8 years ago, our crew got something like .42/bale did about 1600 bales a day, darn good money, but man was that the hardest work this city boy has ever done.

LOL my first day in IL as a adult was after 11 years in ALASKA .
It was august 22nd and when I left home it was 20 degrees with a foot of snow on the ground , when I got to IL It was 99 degrees and 99 percent humidity.
The next day was just like it EXCEPT I spent it on a haying crew.
I thought I was gonna die!

I just had a teen gal help me and she was wonderful. Did everything I asked at lighten speed. Smiled and asked what's next and did a great job. I estimated the work would take about 3 hours. She was done in less than two. Needless to say I paid her well. She was worth it!

Try running a landfill. We went through 8 folks one year till we got 2. Dad felt sorry for a supposedly save man about 26. He was useless. I called his bluff first 2 hours he worked as screwing over the church. The fisrt day other than being a habitual liar he knew nothing. i think part of it was the fact that he knew if hit couldnt do something he would be helped by someone else by them doing it for him.

He couldnt even ru a weed wacker. Dad started him at 11 and hour with every skill he learned he would work him to 13.45 an hour and become a company worker not just contract labor. He thought he was smarter than the rest of us. I told dad if your not happy fire him or let me do it. He showed his tail one day by having a draggy country song on his cell phone ring tone. He let it ring several times/ letting it play for 30 seconds at a time dad told him turn the phone off. He replied its just a ring tone for a text. I told him put it up if Bob heres it again its a gonner.

Well he smirked and it happened again then pops told him put it in the @@@@@@@ car. Ad it it was out again your canned. He put it in the car but later he hid it in his shirt. Dad had me teach him how to run the 4000 Ford tractor to bush hog the site. I had to tell him every few minutes to take his foot off the cluch and put his seat belt on. I did alot. Then he got to use the cell phone alot on the tractor with his argument that we carried and used them. I told him that Ours are required as managers and dispatchers.


I had trouble with dad being naive over the whole situation but after he watched him several days and being tired of his little stunts and such one Monday morning he came in about 5 minutes before work time and dad had thought all week over it dad let him go.


The next guy was a relative of dads wife. He quit because he didnt like having to get dirty.