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Originally Posted by p1mpdogg
so what does it mean to you, to have happy employees? pay them good, treat them as equals, one of the team etc etc.
as an employer or contractor of 15 or so people.. from my experience it pays to treat your people well and pay them good and teach them the business. wether or not they absorb the information is up to them...
I am a firm believer in giving everyone a chance to prove themselves and giving them enough rope to either hang themselves or build a ladder with it.
I have tattoos and shit all over my body.. and I probably make more than 85% of the avg person yet if you never knew me or who i was or what I did, i get treated like shit or not taken seriously.
how does one handle that? I move on to the next person I want to deal with until I am treated with respect and fairly.
for example.
I was shopping the other day for a truck. I went to 10 dealerships and was very upfront about my goal to purchase exactly what I wanted. 2 of the 10 took care of me. that was before i stated my income and told them my down payment.
what does that mean to me? It means they will get my business again and again and referals.
Next time you judge someone by what they look like or whatever the case may be.. think twice before making assumptions. it could bite you in the ass big time.
dunno why i posted this.. was just thinking about shit and how I am structuring my life to set myself up for a very comfortable lifestyle and my children.
dont ever settle for anything unless its what you really want and are happy with the end result. sand up for yourself and what you know is right.
People get away with far to much shit these days because noone has the balls to stand up for themselves and whats right.
love,
Trey
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making more then 85% of the average person would put you at about 100K a year range. If you make what you say you make you would make more then 99% of the average person.
To address your questions, I believe what matters the most is the attitude of the people they work for. If they work for the asshole type who is never appreciative, always asking for more, belittles them, makes them feel like shit, etc... i doubt they will be productive or last long at that job long. If given the oppertunity to work for a really nice guy but make a little less or work for asshole and make a little more, i think 9 out of 10 people will work for nice guy and make a little less. If you are a good guy to work for and you pay them well you can't go wrong. I also never use the phrase " you work for me" to them, i refer to it as " you work with me". It's all about the right attitude. Give them a little more upfront, give them a chance to excel and treat them right and you will get 10x more productivity out of them and a loyal worker for life, well at least most of them, you still have to weed through the dead beats.
Second part. The not being taken seriously think bothered me when i first started makig money. After that i liked it. When someone is quick to judge me, like in your situation with the watch i would have bought it, asked for a manager and given the commission to one of the other sales agents or not purchased it. I prefer being low key, i like it when they dont see me coming. I want to know who you really are, if they knew you were a high roller walking in you would never know if they were sincere or not. I also prefer not to have people asking me to borrow money all the time, appearance is everything, sometimes it is good to appear to be poor.