Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[katupatree]

I really don't mind sharing work, but when hired with other farmers, especially farmers with no or smaller tools, I have to basically sit around and wait for them to finish their part in order to collect rewards for working. I will not be a pig and do all the work out from under them. I've also noticed that when hired for a lot of work, sometimes the rewards expire before I can finish and collect. It's a good thing I'm not depending on the rewards.

[mrschar]

Originally Posted by katupatree

I really don't mind sharing work, but when hired with other farmers, especially farmers with no or smaller tools, I have to basically sit around and wait for them to finish their part in order to collect rewards for working. I will not be a pig and do all the work out from under them. I've also noticed that when hired for a lot of work, sometimes the rewards expire before I can finish and collect. It's a good thing I'm not depending on the rewards.

You are proof that there are good farmers, still. Like you, I don't mind sharing and will not be a greedy pig and use my tools to get all, taking away from farmers who do not need it.

[ccheney]

Originally Posted by mrschar

You are proof that there are good farmers, still. Like you, I don't mind sharing and will not be a greedy pig and use my tools to get all, taking away from farmers who do not need it.

I wish more farmers were like you. I just worked a farm where it was me and three people with combines. I only have a 6x6 harvester and 5x5 plow. I was basically useless as the others were done before I could even click on my harvester. There is no need to hire four people with tools for one farm. No one gets any profit out of it.

I don't mind sharing work. If I am working with someone I usually harvest a line down the middle of the field so we each have an equal amount of field and each get our fair share of the work. and suggest that we each work one side of that line.Most of the farmers I have worked with are agreeable to that arrangement and have thanked me for being fair, but some still get greedy and take over the whole field in which case the best thing to do is leave. Also if the other worker doesn't have tools I won't use mine. Then they won't feel like they are being too slow and I won't be standing around waiting for them to finish so I can collect the bonus.

[jenny bunny]

Originally Posted by ccheney

I wish more farmers were like you. I just worked a farm where it was me and three people with combines. I only have a 6x6 harvester and 5x5 plow. I was basically useless as the others were done before I could even click on my harvester. There is no need to hire four people with tools for one farm. No one gets any profit out of it.

I don't mind sharing work. If I am working with someone I usually harvest a line down the middle of the field so we each have an equal amount of field and each get our fair share of the work. and suggest that we each work one side of that line.Most of the farmers I have worked with are agreeable to that arrangement and have thanked me for being fair, but some still get greedy and take over the whole field in which case the best thing to do is leave. Also if the other worker doesn't have tools I won't use mine. Then they won't feel like they are being too slow and I won't be standing around waiting for them to finish so I can collect the bonus.

You sound like a dying breed there!
I was doing a farm earlier this morning and then up pops someone who basically took over the farm and cleared it in something like 6 clicks as they had the tools to do it in something like a 16x16 grid and as I am only a new farmer with 2 farms, don't have the luxury. I am doing it 1 by 1 and being partially sighted, takes me some time to do. The could see that I was doing the farm and could have jumped on one of the persons other farms.
I do have other profiles with other farms but I am taking time off from them to concentrate on my new farms.