Workers are applying for jobs left and right, but hearing nothing back

[Rasputin_Vol]

On a personal note, even though I've never been on the receiving end of it I believe "Work at Will" laws are crappy ways to enable crappy employers to be crappy human beings. If you're not going to tell an employee why you're cutting they're hours or letting them go, you don't deserve to be in business.

I guarantee you the employee knows why their hours are being cut or they don't care in the first place. I've benefitted from those situations when I worked in restaurants in my 20s. Those guys always lost shifts on the weekend while I worked every weekend.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Explain how is not utter nonsense to leave someone without pertinent information regarding their change in status?

Trust me, they either know why their hours were cut or why they were fired or they just don't care enough to ask. I've seen it happen many times, It usually happened to the employees that always came late, or didn't show/missed shifts, esp. on the weekends or pay day. People are not just rolling out of bed each morning saying, "What random person am I going to screw over this week?"

 

[NEO]

I'm beginning to be of the opinion that a lot of the problems are caused by the car's computer and related electronics anyway. Fixing a car used to be a lot more straightforward.

My gmc went completely nuts a few weeks ago.

AC blew hot. Light went dark and off. Nav went into some comp melt down.

We had literally no idea what it was so I start googling and I am getting all different kind of answers.

We take it to the dealer and the bad was bad.

Praise Jesus it was just a bad battery but it didn’t stop the car and turn it dead it made the car like something out of a Stephen king novel.

They have made it to were you can’t do anything yourself anymore.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

You're not doing much to change my mind. It's like the laws were written to prop up and protect bad bosses.

You have no real world, practical experience of how this works the majority of times. I'm sure there are probably some egregious situations out there, but they represent the minority of cases.

 

[hog88]

On the real bronco forever waiting list.

Have you seen that engine?

Holy crap! They were high as F when it was designed.

Haven’t looked at it. Haven’t really paid any attention to the new Broncos, don’t think I’ve even seen one on the road except the grocery getter model.

 

[hog88]

Maybe the market needs to respond... or the regulators need to respond.

They’re not changing the regs. Truck drivers/trucking companies are easy punching bags for politicians.

 

[NEO]

Haven’t looked at it. Haven’t really paid any attention to the new Broncos, don’t think I’ve even seen one on the road except the grocery getter model.

They are like a wrangler that won’t have a million issues and handle like a box on the road. Ford is really bungling the whole thing. I am expected to get mine august of next year.

 

[hog88]

They are like a wrangler that won’t have a million issues and handle like a box on the road. Ford is really bungling the whole thing. I am expected to get mine august of next year.

Is the chip shartage the hold up? I thought they were supposed to start delivery this summer?

 

[McDad]

Haven’t looked at it. Haven’t really paid any attention to the new Broncos, don’t think I’ve even seen one on the road except the grocery getter model.

I saw one recently. It looks off. The publicity pics looked great as Ford was promoting it. But the one on the road was not attractive.

 

[hog88]

I saw one recently. It looks off. The publicity pics looked great as Ford was promoting it. But the one on the road was not attractive.

I was afraid of that. I wish Ford would just be the Ford of old, make solid dependable trucks and big SUVs.

 

[NEO]

Is the chip shartage the hold up? I thought they were supposed to start delivery this summer?

They started and stopped and started and then pushed everyone out.

I believe it is the shortage. The car manufacturers really F’d themselves as they cancelled all orders last summer and then computer got very hot and all the orders went to them. When they went back to order, the silicon manufacturers put them in normal
queue and now it will be Q3 of 2022 before manufacturing will be normal again and supply can meet demand across all lines.

 

[AshG]

You have no real world, practical experience of how this works the majority of times. I'm sure there are probably some egregious situations out there, but they represent the minority of cases.

Do I need to post my resume every time there's a conversation that includes employment practices? Yeesh.

 

[McDad]

I was afraid of that. I wish Ford would just be the Ford of old, make solid dependable trucks and big SUVs.

I like their Lincoln stuff. I think their SUVs are sharp. But I am a fan of SUVs in general.

 

[hog88]

I like their Lincoln stuff. I think their SUVs are sharp. But I am a fan of SUVs in general.

I loved my Excursion, kick myself for selling it.

 

[NEO]

Do I need to post my resume every time there's a conversation that includes employment practices? Yeesh.

You might lol.

I have you lumped into academia myself.

Academia is a much needed cog in our society but not really the beacon of understanding how life works for most people.

 

[NEO]

I saw one recently. It looks off. The publicity pics looked great as Ford was promoting it. But the one on the road was not attractive.

What was off?

You saw the four door top down option?

I thought it looked great.

 

[McDad]

What was off?

You saw the four door top down option?

I thought it looked great.

The dimensions were weird. Tires too small. Kinda plain on exterior. I think it was a hard top. Is there a convertible hard top version? The top definitely was not down.

I really like the pics of it in the press leading up to release.

 

[AshG]

You might lol.

I have you lumped into academia myself.

Academia is a much needed cog in our society but not really the beacon of understanding how life works for most people.

Yeah, that's my current professional identity and makes total sense. And I also understand that it is just a small piece of the puzzle.

But I can also suit up and swap a fry vat full of hot oil for fresh then jump to repairing and rebuilding a Neico gas broiler and still have time to clean up and interview line cook applicants and train an assistant manager.

Worst job I ever had was stuffing ads in Sunday papers late Saturday night after UT games I marched in. So repetitive, but built wherewithal.

We are all more complicated than we appear. I thank you for trying to understand a little bit more about me.

 

[NEO]

The dimensions were weird. Tires too small. Kinda plain on exterior. I think it was a hard top. Is there a convertible hard top version? The top definitely was not down.

I really like the pics of it in the press leading up to release.

Think you are speaking of the sport which is not a true bronco. It is a Ford Escape rebadged. The model I am speaking of is the wrangler rival.

The real bronco is just now coming out and is huge. It starts with 35 inch tires and the tires engulf the wheel well. Comes in either a soft top or a removal hard top very similar to the wrangler.

 

[hog88]

Think you are speaking of the sport which is not a true bronco. It is a Ford Escape rebadged. The model I am speaking of is the wrangler rival.

The real bronco is just now coming out and is huge. It starts with 35 inch tires and the tires engulf the wheel well. Comes in either a soft top or a removal hard top very similar to the wrangler.

The sport model is the grocery getter I was referring to. It shouldn't in anyway be branded a Bronco.

 

[McDad]

Think you are speaking of the sport which is not a true bronco. It is a Ford Escape rebadged. The model I am speaking of is the wrangler rival.

The real bronco is just now coming out and is huge. It starts with 35 inch tires and the tires engulf the wheel well. Comes in either a soft top or a removal hard top very similar to the wrangler.

I bet you're right.

 

[LouderVol]

I loved my Excursion, kick myself for selling it.

Just about the worst ride of my life was in a new Excursion. It was noisy and bounced too much. Rode in the back row once and it was like being in the bed of a pickup. Had to keep my head on the overhead to keep myself in the seat. One of the other passengers said he didnt notice a difference between that one and his in the way it rode.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Do I need to post my resume every time there's a conversation that includes employment practices? Yeesh.

Your comments indicate that you are making some pretty wild assumptions of how employers operate and how employees get abused. You come in with a bias towards employers that is not realistic.

I mentioned I worked in restaurants in my 20s but I also did a few gigs in retail. Even still, never saw any incident where a person was taken off the schedule for no reason or had their hours reduced for no reason. Likewise, I never had to deal with my hours getting cut. Good workers are hard to find. Bad workers are a dime a dozen. Employers are going to favor their higher performers.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Yeah, that's my current professional identity and makes total sense. And I also understand that it is just a small piece of the puzzle.

But I can also suit up and swap a fry vat full of hot oil for fresh then jump to repairing and rebuilding a Neico gas broiler and still have time to clean up and interview line cook applicants and train an assistant manager.

Worst job I ever had was stuffing ads in Sunday papers late Saturday night after UT games I marched in. So repetitive, but built wherewithal.

We are all more complicated than we appear. I thank you for trying to understand a little bit more about me.

OK, so when have you ever seen a situation where a person had their schedule reduced or they were taken off the schedule without them having a clue as to why? I'm not saying it doesn't happen. I'm saying it represents a very small sample size.

 

[hog88]

Just about the worst ride of my life was in a new Excursion. It was noisy and bounced too much. Rode in the back row once and it was like being in the bed of a pickup. Had to keep my head on the overhead to keep myself in the seat. One of the other passengers said he didnt notice a difference between that one and his in the way it rode.

You were riding in the back of a pickup truck, the excursion was built on the F-250 chassis. I never road in the back seat, that was for kids and other pests along for the ride. Front seat ride was smooth as glass. Only SUV made that could haul 7-8 people, all their stuff and pull a 6k lbs boat or camper.