And let me add one more thing - in the “work zone” - you don’t deserve anything until you earn it.
Same as the .MIL - you’re a private - until you are better than a private.
I’ve had more than a few employees that thought they were very good at what they did and that that was good enough. I’d ask “is that all you are or can be? No matter how good you are you can always be better if you want to be. Do you want it?”
Do you know why costco is hard to get a job at? Because they barely need to hire because almost nobody quits, right on the first day you get full dental and medical, they get lots of vacation days, the stores always have more than enough employees so any employee is not overworked or overstressed, plus they pay 5-10 dollars more per hour than any other retail store of similar kind. Once again, if you want good workers you gotta bend over backwards and give them a reason to be good workers
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Granddaughter #2 will be going into Navy boot in June after she graduates HS.
She goes to the Navy recruiting center several times a week for PT, testing and training.
She has been promoted and now (so far) when she completes boot she will be a E3 (Seaman).
No one else in her recruiting class has exceeded E1.