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To: arthurus
There is a very good book titled "Emotional Intelligence 2.0". It's a different measurement than typical IQ tests that include math, reading, pattern matching. The authors offer multiple case study/examples to illustrate the concepts. Low emotional intelligence individuals tend to fail in life even if their traditional IQ is very high. I've seen many cases of very bright people who are socially inept and/or lacking basic common sense.

What is labeled "acting white" is usually labeled acting mature, civil and practicing good manners with others. Showing up on time and doing your work consistently is also important. Those qualities are missed by the "losers". A local Walmart manager said she had plenty of people applying for jobs. The problem is they didn't actually want to work. They thought simply showing up earned a paycheck. Nope! They didn't come back to "work".

60 posted on 10/02/2015 11:26:49 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin
I am a security guard at a shipyard. My employer has a 'strict' policy against overtime. In fact the company officially limits employees to 32 hours so that when someone is out sick or quits the slack can be taken up without paying overtime. I have been working 56-64 hours a week for months because of that phenomenon of people hiring on who just expect that their mere presence is sufficient for a check, that that check is their right and anything they do on the job is their voluntary gift to the company. Most don't stay more than long enough to finish training.

The hourly is low and the company thinking is at fault. If they raised the hourly by $1 they would keep more new hires who would actually perform and the total cost of the approximately $1100 per new hire for background checks, drug tests, uniforms, etc, would be immensely reduced. I used to hope for that raise in pay but now prefer it to stay as it is. With another dollar an hour I would be stuck at 32-40 hours a week and much less money. The District Manager and had a conversation about all this. He said finally that an accountant, to get a job at the company needn't know how to add and subtract.

66 posted on 10/03/2015 4:41:36 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true.)
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