People...

Jay Honeck wrote:
Sounds like your reputation has gotten around. :-)

Guess so. We've been the top-rated hotel in Iowa City for the past
three years...

;-)

Rated by your employees or your guests? :-)

Matt

Nomen Nescio wrote:
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From: Jay Honeck

Finding the "happy medium" is always the trick, and has forced many
good businesses under.

Calculus is your friend.

Calculus alone won't solve this problem.

Matt

Nomen Nescio wrote in
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From: Mxsmanic

Whatever the reasons for low pay, you'll inevitably get what you pay for.

I'm laughing way too hard to comment on this

you have to wonder if he's to thick to even feel it when he walks into
something like this.



Bertie

Matt Whiting wrote in news22Pi.262$2n4.17223
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Nomen Nescio wrote:
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From: Jay Honeck

Finding the "happy medium" is always the trick, and has forced many
good businesses under.

Calculus is your friend.

Calculus alone won't solve this problem.



I'm thinking electro shock therapy.

Bertie

Whatever the reasons for low pay, you'll inevitably get what you pay for.

Yep, we have a saying "Pay peanuts; get monkeys"...

There are many intangibles about working a position like this that
make things worthwhile, however. Entry level positions are, to a
large degree, like school. You're learning skills while getting paid,
and -- in the end -- you should come out much more qualified for your
next job.

Finding an employee who understands and appreciates this fact is, as
always, a trick. Most people don't plan their lives farther than
their next paycheck.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Calculus is your friend.

Calculus alone won't solve this problem.

I'm thinking electro shock therapy.

*Now* we're talking.

People think we're nuts to be doing this business. Some days I agree
with them!

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote in news:1192023178.522770.61560
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Calculus is your friend.

Calculus alone won't solve this problem.

I'm thinking electro shock therapy.

*Now* we're talking.

People think we're nuts to be doing this business. Some days I agree
with them!

;-)


Only some days?


Bertie

Jay Honeck writes:

There are many intangibles about working a position like this that
make things worthwhile, however. Entry level positions are, to a
large degree, like school. You're learning skills while getting paid,
and -- in the end -- you should come out much more qualified for your
next job.

That would depend on the job. Today, well-paid jobs usually require skills
that no poorly-paid job will provide--which is why poorly-paid jobs pay
poorly, and well-paid jobs pay well. If one could prepare for a lucrative job
by taking a minimum-wage job, people would be falling over themselves trying
to get the minimum-wage jobs.

Today, not even an expensive stint at college prepares a person for a
lucrative job.

Finding an employee who understands and appreciates this fact is, as
always, a trick. Most people don't plan their lives farther than
their next paycheck.

Younger generations have grown up with such uncertainty and rapid change that
planning ahead may not seem cost-effective.

There is a supermarket in my town (also a college town) that pays
about twice as much per hour. They don't have problems finding good
employees, and it is a pleasure to shop there - even though they are
not cheap.
We would love to pay our employees $16 per hour. Heck, I'd like to
pay myself that much!

You must really love what you are doing...

We are in a strange spot regarding our prices (and, thus, our ability
It's a real Catch-22. We find ourselves ever more busy -- we're now
running 80+% occupancy -- but we're scared to death to raise our
rates, due to our competitive position.

The supermarket I mentioned does just fine, even though there are two
or three WalMarts within driving distance.

Bartek

Nomen Nescio wrote:
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One of my math professors, in college, used to like to say that "All problems
can be put in the form of a mathematical equation......and then solved".

Pity he isn't out in the real world
using his method...