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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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      4/ thanks, in 20 years of running a business and hiring farm hands I never thought about management or incentives https://twitter.com/less_tx/status/1155890008068411394 …

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

      6/ Before anyone else gives me advice, let me mention that there is a limited labor pool, everyone sucks, it takes a lot of work to find ANYONE (even someone who sucks), and if you fire someone mid season than YOU are doing their job until you can find a replacement. so...

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      7/ this is not a choice between (a) keep a crappy hand, or (b) fire him and instantly replace him with a good one it is a choice between (a) keep a crappy hand, or (b) fire him, spend 8 hrs/weekend doing his job, put up posters, wait a month, find 2 candidates who both suck

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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      8/ I have no seen many people hire or get hired under such a contract. Folks dislike it, see it as a scam / evidence of ill will. Also, it requires far more management effort. Putting price tags on tasks, debating whether they're fair, having a guy > https://twitter.com/IcyTekla/status/1155890622655533059 …

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

      9/ argue that it's nonsense that he worked hard for 6 hours and got $2.50/hr for his labor, and he's quitting unless you change the payout etc this is deeply understood in management science. Trusted vendors, etc. are a big thing.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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      10/ I know some parts of the country have lots of day labor standing around outside Big Orange, but it's not a thing here in New England. Nearest HD is 40 minutes away, so eve if possible: now I've got 2 hours and 40 minutes of driving per day?https://twitter.com/JASutherlandBks/status/1155891798486786050 …

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      Curious - are you so rural that you can't pull a pickup by Home Depot and shout "Dill-pickers! Dos!"?
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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

      11/ And then I have to train these guys, even minimally, each and every single day? "This is where the wheelbarrow is. If it goes flat, the compressor is here. The shovels are here. Walk with me now. I want holes dug where each of these orange stakes is" Now I'm spending hrs

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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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      13/ I paid the neighbor kid $12/hr to ride my riding mower. He flaked out after once or twice. Would rather watch TV or play Nintendo or whatever. https://twitter.com/CypressRevival/status/1155892992517005314 …

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      14/ People aren't hungry enough. Why, my farm hand was out last week -on "vacation". My goodness, I hope I'm someday so rich that I can afford to forego a week of wages in order to take the sort of "vacation" that the upper classes like his sort do!

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        2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          15/ Oh, really? I thought I was! In 20 years of hiring people I never really once sat down and thought about supply and demand. Good insight! https://twitter.com/sausage1esq/status/1155894072730685441 …

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        3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          16/ no, thought about a zero-turn, went w conventional instead bc I have lots of tasks that require towable riding mower implements (dump trailers, lawn sweepers, fertilizer spreaders, etc etc etc etc) https://twitter.com/teachbarefoot/status/1155894473202814976 …

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        4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          17/ It wasn't a family vacation. It wasn't $10/hr. Otherwise, good argument. https://twitter.com/HitorMissDSA/status/1155894889890099200 …

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        5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

          18/ I pay $12/hr, which is 50%-100% higher than prevailing summer job wages around here (I know because I researched this by asking local business and employees).

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        6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          19/ Perhaps your experience of employing farm labor trumps my own, "college reactionary". But from the local farmers I've talked to, hourly wages are the norm. https://twitter.com/BorgiaKing/status/1155897101315989504 …

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          20/ Reading comprehension is important, @NoR3funds. I pay $12/hr. The $2.50/hr was a hypothetical of what goes WRONG with setting piece-work rates. https://twitter.com/NoR3funds/status/1155895099190108160 …

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          21/ I'm not miserable, NEET. https://twitter.com/John99601526/status/1155897263958450177 …

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        9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          22/ A process request: anyone who wants to give me advice on how to recruit and manage labor: please feel free! ...but... please include your experience running a farm and/or a startup, so I can calibrate. Thx. https://twitter.com/iamstillbored1/status/1155898092593352705 …

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        10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          23/ "listen, Morlock, you might think you know what the local day labor scene is like from having researched it and talked to small business owners and farmers in the area, but let me tell you the truth" ok, great, thx also: see transpo and training https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155898547465854976 …

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        11. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          24/ so you're telling me that the secret to getting a farm hand who will weed, mow the lawn, inject Japanese knotweed, burn brush piles, etc., is to find a firm that will deliver these services? interesting I looked and did not find. Phone # plz? https://twitter.com/BorgiaKing/status/1155898582790213632 …

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        12. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          25/ @NoR3funds is upset that I'm not paying my 19yo college student enough during his 12 week summer job to support a family good point @NoR3funds ! I'm the WORST ! https://twitter.com/NoR3funds/status/1155899181791416325 …

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        13. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          26/ spontaneous generation you leave an empty bag of Doritos next to a videogame controller, and you get a twitter expert a week later https://twitter.com/ShitLordReflex/status/1155899655189716993 …

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        14. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

          27/ me to farmhands:pic.twitter.com/1ltlSz3muB

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        15. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

          28/ me to people giving me advice re farmhandspic.twitter.com/8o8PuQJZVN

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        16. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          29/ every business in the area: pays teens $8 / hr me: pays teens $12/hr @NoR3funds: you are so arrogant for not paying that teenager enough to support a family LOL, go away NEET. Your MMORPG guild needs you for something very very important. https://twitter.com/NoR3funds/status/1155900456138420225 …

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        17. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          30/ Rural NH. I asked teen employees at 3 different stores "hey, I'm looking to hire farm hands. Is XYZ a fair rate?" Every one of them: "OMG, yes, I make QRS; that's a great rate". /shrug https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155900165078827008 …

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        18. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

          31/ Amusingly, I'm getting a very very libertarian response from all sorts of people who are not libertarians (reactionaries, lefists, etc): "There's a simple supply / demand curve. If you pay more you, you get better labor." I'm a libertarian! I'm quite sympathetic to this!

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        19. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

          32/ BUT BUT BUT reality is more complicated than models. Models INTENTIONALLY strip away all sorts of details to make things simple. Cows are not perfectly spherical. Surfaces are not frictionless. Search and training costs for employees are not $0.

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        20. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          33/ Not sure if you're aware but when I talk about the situation with farmhands on my particular farm, I don't actually care what the labor market is like in Berlin Maine or Montepellier Vermont. https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155902427746508801 …

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          34/ Indeed! Nearest tractor supply was 45 minutes away, East of Manchester. Then they opened a new one - a mere 25 minutes away. LUXURY. https://twitter.com/PWilliamKitty/status/1155902598987358211 …

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        22. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          35/ https://twitter.com/the_Loafbloke/status/1155902517483593728 …

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        23. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          36/ me, after weeding for an hourhttps://twitter.com/MorlockP/status/1154820420752805888 …

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          26/ Witness: a boomer takes a selfie with the fill dirt he's so proud of. Witness: a boomer doesn't understand how cameras / depth of focus works. sip pic.twitter.com/lXUzgoKrfU
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        24. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          37/ "you should search for people offering the service you want" THAT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THANK YOU INTERNET HELPER ! https://twitter.com/JoesBarAndCult/status/1155902993398583297 …

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        25. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          38/ sorry I didn't respond to this earlier, I was out showing the farm hand how to start the riding mower when the display says "needs oil change" but actually he overcranked the starter and the voltage was low anyway, you were saying? https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155903380738494464 …

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        26. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          39/ > transportation is only an issue if you're remote GOD DAMN IT, WALTER, THIS IS A THREAD ABOUT *** FARM *** LABOR DO YOU THINK I'M GOD-DAMN LOCATED BETWEEN CENTRAL PARK AND GREENWHICH VILLAGE? https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155903380738494464 …

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          40/ ok, done now your turn, NEET also post squat, bench, and mils https://twitter.com/the_Loafbloke/status/1155902517483593728 …

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        28. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          41/ Dude, you've spent well more than 10 minutes today micro-managing me telling me that managing employees doesn't take 10 minutes per day. Stahhp. You're embarassing yourself. https://twitter.com/form_break/status/1155907580008521729 …

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        29. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 29 Jul 2019

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          42/ > misreads tweet Lmfaooooo ur a scumbag dude lmaoooo respect https://twitter.com/Olive__Autist/status/1155907647780151298 …

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          comments on my farmhand thread: 90% "I've never worked on a farm, and I live in a city, but let me tell you how easy it is to find, hire, and train labor" 10% "yeah dude, I live rural, I've worked with / hired / been a farmhand ; everything is !@#-ed, you can't find good help"
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          2/ It's like Gell-Mann amnesia: everyone who knows anything about the topic knows that I'm just talking about reality everyone who doesn't know crap tells me about their beautiful theories
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