[central_va]

Even "unskilled" labor is hard to find, because too many Americans lack even three basic attributes an employer wants to see in any prospective employee: a sense of self-respect, a good work ethic, and a desire to learn and improve on the job.

I've been at the bottom. You learn and try to do more, twice as much as when you were hired, and you get rewarded with a paltry 3% raise. I usually start looking for a new job the same day.

The truth is most small businesses are run by greedy incompetents. Big Corps are managed by go along get alongs. I have had maybe 2 supervisors/bosses in 40 years I thought competent.

[Alberta's Child]

No offense, but any time I hear someone complain about the consistently poor quality of the businesses they work for, and claim that they have only had two competent supervisors in forty years, I draw the following conclusion:

1. You're a malcontent who wouldn't be happy in any job.

2. You ought to be in business for yourself so you can show all of us how to run a business effectively.

[ridesthemiles]

What’s preventing you from starting YOUR OWN BUSINESS? Sounds like you are old enough to have experience.

I went self-employed in 1980 and haven’t looked back.

[ridesthemiles]

What’s preventing you from starting YOUR OWN BUSINESS? Sounds like you are old enough to have experience.

I went self-employed in 1980 and haven’t looked back.

[StAnDeliver]

"The truth is most small businesses are run by greedy incompetents. Big Corps are managed by go along get alongs. I have had maybe 2 supervisors/bosses in 40 years I thought competent."

Be your own boss. Start today.