Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices - Page 78

WhyNotSmile · #1 Feb 22 2011, 02:34 PM

I only ever hire one person at a time, and generally I try to hire people without tools, unless I'm in a rush to get the farm harvested for some reason.

Very rarely I have hired 2 people at once, and if one of them takes all the work, I just don't hire them again. If they do all the harvesting and leave the other person with none, I make sure I give the other person first choice to plow.

Emily Murphy · #2 Feb 22 2011, 10:09 PM

I am level 185 and do not need to work on others' farms. However, I enjoy it. I have all the tools, but try to watch to see if someone else is hired to work without the tools. If so, I switch to single tool and go pretty slow. Or if it's not a very large farm, I just leave. I've been embarrassed a few times when I didn't see someone else working until I was done. I felt bad and apologized. But I agree, people should be more considerate. Just because you are at a level or have enough money to buy tools shouldn't handicap others, and they probably need the work more anyway. On the reverse side of the coin, I have found it difficult to find people who will actually complete my large fields if they don't have tools...not always, but quite often. And I always hire solo...always have. I come back and find fields partially done. And I have been hired often to work on farms left unfinished. I do understand that sometimes people get kicked off. But it too is something to think about.

topmop · #3 Feb 23 2011, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Keeta

Greetings,

I've always enjoyed playing FT with or without all the bells and whistles. My most enjoyment would be relaxing after supper with a cup of tea working for others through the market place. I do NOT own any of the tools that I can use on another persons farm. I do however, own all of the 1x1 tools and pluck those pretty flowers with my own gardening gloves, or shake them trees myself, or put string on a stick to fish and I do it all fairly quickly and efficiently.

I am NOT against any of the spiffy tools that allows another to advance in the game far more quickly than myself. What I do find to be quite rude and very frustrating is when another person comes to the farm after being hired and takes everything in one fast swoop leaving me with nothing but my overalls. At the beginning I went with the flow, feeling that some people are just greedy because they can hide behind a monitor. Then it started happening on a very regular basis. Now when I think about logging in to relax on farm town, I find myself questioning whether I want to even bother with the market place or not.

Can we please have a little common courtesy when working with others on farms? Not all of us have every facility or own every tool available or have billions of coins stashed away. Some of us like to enjoy the game just as much as you enjoy doing all the work in one nice quick swoop.

Thank you

Agreed, but the courtesy must go both ways. I have all the tools and when harvesting with someone else I always leave half. Then I will say something like; "you can have the rest." If there is no "thank you" I go ahead and take it all.

bluemoon2011 · #4 Feb 23 2011, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by topmop

Agreed, but the courtesy must go both ways. I have all the tools and when harvesting with someone else I always leave half. Then I will say something like; "you can have the rest." If there is no "thank you" I go ahead and take it all.

I too have noticed that people are very quick to complain about the 4x4 harvesters that take everything but they don't bother to say thank you when you tell them you will stop at half. I always leave half if I'm working with someone else, and I always tell them right away not to leave just because I have the 4x4 tools because I will stop at half. Only ONCE has anyone ever said thank you, and it was the farm owner, not the other worker who said it. Courtesy goes both ways.

Freespirit.13 · #5 Feb 23 2011, 09:06 AM

I really must agree with Keeta, the same thing has happened to me many times and you become despondent, and then start to think is it worth keeping going with the game. And I disagree with Artinsox when they say that you shouldn't even have to go to other farms to work, part of the "joy" for me is going and meeting new people, having a "chat" with them, that is how the game started and how we all got our neighbours/buddies. I will stick with the game a bit longer, but it is disheartening.

amberdh · #6 Feb 21 2011, 10:33 PM

Hello All

Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and feelings on this matter.

But please keep in mind that all feedback here needs to be posted in a polite and respectful manner.

Thank you!!

Ljj · #7 Feb 23 2011, 09:08 AM

Today I stood in the Market place surrounded by people only wanting to plow. Me, I said I will do all jobs and I got hired twice and was asked to do harvesting and then the all important plowing on all their farms!! There is work out there and there are people to do it, one of the farmers I worked for asked half a dozen people before I said yes!!

Whoopsidaisy · #8 Feb 24 2011, 06:47 AM

I don't know what the big deal is. I never worked for anyone else and rarely hired others to work my farm after running into picky workers, rude workers and workers who never finished the job. I still managed to get to level 185 without a fuss. If others are running you over with their fancy expensive and altogether unnecessary tools go work your neighbors facilities to earn experience points. You will still gain your levels even if it's a bit slower. It's still going to be faster then when I came up. And if you just have to hurry-there's always raspberries, and now they are even worth something. You aren't going to change human nature. There are always going to be rude, greedy people. If you cant deal, then avoid them.

topmop · #9 Feb 24 2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Whoopsidaisy

I don't know what the big deal is. I never worked for anyone else and rarely hired others to work my farm after running into picky workers, rude workers and workers who never finished the job. I still managed to get to level 185 without a fuss. If others are running you over with their fancy expensive and altogether unnecessary tools go work your neighbors facilities to earn experience points. You will still gain your levels even if it's a bit slower. It's still going to be faster then when I came up. And if you just have to hurry-there's always raspberries, and now they are even worth something. You aren't going to change human nature. There are always going to be rude, greedy people. If you cant deal, then avoid them.

I think we all understand that we don't have to work in other farms to play the game. But there are a lot of people that just enjoy visiting other farms. I like to look around and get ideas for my farms. I love some of the creative things people have done. With 2 billion coins and almost 7 million points I could care less about what I'm paid.

Ted the farmer · #10 Feb 24 2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by topmop

I think we all understand that we don't have to work in other farms to play the game. But there are a lot of people that just enjoy visiting other farms. I like to look around and get ideas for my farms. I love some of the creative things people have done. With 2 billion coins and almost 7 million points I could care less about what I'm paid.

I'm with you. There is no need for competition here. If I were going to have to worry about losing a few points or coins, where is the fun in that? I don't have any of the tools (except the fertilizer spreader) and when I get to a farm and someone is taking all the work...so what? I just go back to the marketplace and try to get another job.

The way to solve this is for people to only hire one person at a time.