Work Ethics

I have an interesting question: Is it the employee's or the company's fault that employees do or do not care about their job?
See, I work with alot of people that literally do not care about their job. They call in to work saying that they are not coming, they steal stuff from the company, and they just steal time in general talking and not getting things done. Whose fault is it?

On one side you can say it is the employees. The employee was the one that wanted the job. The employee should be gratefull that they employer spent the time and money to hire them. They should be glad that the employeer pays them on a regular basis and the such.

On the flip side, most of the people that I work with think that the employeer should be grateful to have them. They beileve that because employers should have "slack" or something to allow for their frequent call ins, their lack of productivity and the such or they just have never thought or known diffrently. Basically, they have no respect for the company nor do they care about moving up or anything of the such (although I have seen several managers stealing from the company, mentionted it to them and they don't care).

See, I came from Brookshire's. You were expected to work when you clocked in and then rest when you clocked out. It was okay if you called in with good excuse. I will have to say that I agree with Brooksire's on this. They told me what their expectations of me there, and that is what I followed through with. I called in once the entre time I worked there and I knew the store better than most of the employees there. For enforcement, you were either written up, hours were cut, transfered to another department, or fired. Of course being fired was last on the list due to how much it cost the company. Generally the lost of hours (leading to the lack of a paycheck) gave employees the incentive needed to work. Walmart is another story all together. They tell you that you need to show up and that you have to throw 100 cases an hour every night and all sorts of stuff, but in the end there is no enforcement of any kind. So, most of the people at my store have never thrown more than 50 cases an hour nor have they gone more than a month without calling in. BUT, I understand why they do this. There have been too many lawsuits about "how bad of a company they are" and the such. In reality, they are just another company that is trying to make a buck, and because they are making a few bucks, people are super critical of them. Anyway, more later.

School.....again

I was off tonight/day and I decided that it was time to make out my school schedule. I looked at it and have decided that it is going to be a pain to make it all work out and still work a few hours, but it will all be okay. I am only working to have a little spending money, right? After spending about 10 or so minutes looking at the degree program that I want and my transcripts, I will have to actually talk to someone about what classes I can or can not take. Anyway, I set up a myspace page the other night and today I went through and added friends and folks I could find from highschool. If I did not add you, it is because I could not find you. Anyway, I am going to get a nap it. I am going to try to help out with vbs. Later.

Summer

I remember what I thouhgt summer's definition was, a length of time to enjoy you time away from school and a time to relax outside with your friends. This is what I have always thought of summer being, but as I think about it, this is not what has happened since I was 15. When I turned 16, I have worked every waking hour (so it seems) to earn money for college, a vehicle, and in the last 2 years a cell phone (with college taking the most amount of money). Now, I have bought several computers, backpacks, all of my clothes, and tools with all this money, but what else do I have to show for it? I have almost no freinds outside of work now. I did have a few at LETU, but due to finacial reasons, I will not be able to return there before they graduate. I have also decided that it is time to go camping. I have done it several times by myself, but that is not as fun. Unfortunalty, most people that I know do not like camping, something about missing a bed or something. More than likely it is the shower thing. Anyway, I am going to have to st up a camping trip. I will have to see whom all wants to go. It would be nice if I could get friends to go, but if I need to, I will go by myself.
Then again, it has not been all that bad. I have been playing with computers alot too. I like to mess with computers especailly when there is a tough problem or something that I have not ever messed with before. Like the other day I had to find out why this computer refused to install AOL. For no reason, the computer did not want to install it. So, I had to go into the regestry and remove AOL that way and then reinstall it. It took me a bit, but I finally got it working. I always end up with the interesting problems. The ones that others have trouble answering or fixing, but that makes life interesting. I am learning about computers, but I think that I need to learn more before I open a buisness or something of that sort.
I have been thinking about my options. Looks like I will have to come up with about $500 a monht for any of them just to pay off school loans. I had origionally thought that I was going to graduate from LETU, but things happen and things change. Right now, my main goal is to go to TSTC and get a degree in Mechanical Engineering. It will be an associates degree, but a degree all the same. The options that I have been toying with are staying in Waco after I get the degree, going to Dallas after the degree, or coming back to Tyler all to finda job and work. Another thing that I have toyed with was going to Alaska and seeing if I can get a job up there. I have always been a planner. I have always had a plan whenever I did something. The whole leaving LETU thing completley turned things upside down for me. but I have to ask if that is what God intended for me to do? I think it was. Then He decided that I needed to do something else. I have learned alot about people since then also. I am one of the few people whom give everything to the company that I am working for at that moment. For instance at Walmart, I am the only stocker that cares if my department makes money. I am the only one whom cares if the shelves are full and look good. If I say anything to anyone about the way that they are doing things, they just look at me funny. I guess that I am just too diffrent for them. I take things too seriously for them. So, I have been questioning what I should do. I thought I was suposed to go to LETU, get a job, and marry someone I met along the way, but things have changed. I have been praying for answers, but all I get is the word patience. That is something that I know I need to work on. I have never had it. That is why I get so much done at work. I have always blamed it on the ADD, but I know that it is also something that I have to work on. Anyway, this is getting depressing. I will shut up now and watch a movie or something. Later.