I so like your style! No minion would pass your test, that is for sure!
Finding minions is the main problem I deal with in my bureau. Face it, no
amount of college is going to make you a better filmer, scanner etc. Either
an employee has an aptitude for it or not. If you hire the very best, you
can count on paying a fortune for higher turn over but if you hire people
who have never had a chance to work at a decent job (RIM jobs are all decent
right?) then you have to invest in training with the knowledge that 3 years
is a pretty good stint.
However, with Engineers now doing their own filing, the cost of hiring the
minions has gone up. Engineers are not going to accept that their worth has
declined, now are they! Speaking of engineers....
Break for a moment of levity:
A Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and an American engineer -- are
working together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of
it. "I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes total," says
the Genie.
The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son
will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada." Pooooof!
With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever made
fertile for farming.
Osama bin Ladin was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around
Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Jews or Americans can come
into our precious state." Pooooof! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye,
there was a huge wall around those countries.
The American engineer says, "I am very curious. Please, tell me more
about this wall." The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 25,000 feet high,
500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or
out -- it's virtually impenetrable."
The American engineer says, "Fill it with water."
I sure hope this doesn't offend anyone...except maybe the engineers! They
find fault with everything!
Interestingly enough I found a very high success correlation between
ex-bartenders/resses and filmers. They are used to the hand/eye coordination
that makes for good planetary filmers,! They are used to working in low
light environments, are very excited about working a "regular"job 8-5 and
are just plain grateful to have a job where they don't have to deal with
drunks.
On the flip side, graphic artist types are the worst. They are always trying
to make the film "more interesting" and have a tendency to create these hard
to read graphical targets that no one can read. They over-think the job that
needs to be done.
Face it, most of the actually RIM "minion" work is repetitive, mundane and
boring. I make a point to cross train everyone in my production department
so that they can move through different functions to keep their interest! If
their eyes start crossing doing Scan verifications then I move them into the
lab. If they are having a bad day, I suggest they prep - If they miss a
staple then it isn't the death of the project, still have a filmer to cover
for them. Not a happy filmer but still.....you get my drift!
The hardest part has been making sure they know their alphabet (no kidding),
chronological order and the big challenge: reverse chronological order. It
is unbelievable that some people ever made it through school let alone life
without these basic skills!
What is the world coming to? And don't even get me started on the work ethic
of Generation X! Personally, I can't afford to pay some teenage who thinks
they are worth a fortune even minimum wage to stand around say "Whaaat?"
Janie Wait
Janie Wait, CRM, MBA
President
Director of Marketing
Intermountain Record Center, Inc
3765 Airport Parkway, Casper, WY 82604
PO Box 2770, Mills, WY 82644
307-265-9553
307-237-8225
[log in to unmask]
www.intermountainrecords.com
List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html
Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance
|
