Discussions about Hiring and Hiring Practices

[BethFB]

I tend to hire one person at a time for everything, but on occasion the other person leaves after doing one or two farms which leaves me in a bind as I usually am sowing my fields that the person has done only to go to my fourth farm to find it not even worked on. I have to then, stop everything, go to the market, hire another person and tell them in a PM that this is for all the farms that someone else didn't finish if you cannot handle it, tell me right now so I can hire more people. They usually come back with I will finish all jobs that I am hired for. I like those types of people.
The ones who waste my time is usually those who just want to harvest and plow one farm and then run with what bonuses that they have.

Beth

[KnittyGirl]

BethFB, sometimes it's not the workers' fault as their computer may be too slow and it crashes on them or kicks them off - this has happened to me - and there's no way of letting the farmer know. I try to drop a message as soon as I get hired when I see that it's a huge job and that way, when they answer back, I have a way of contacting them that I got kicked off and can get rehired. And, then again, there are those who just don't care. I always finish, unless my computer gets a wild hair up her butt and kicks me off! Lol

[Dulcinea]

You could also try adding them to your Buddy list.

[Aussie Rae]

Originally Posted by Dulcinea

You could also try adding them to your Buddy list.

Buddys do not get to claim the Bonus Chest so there is no point adding anyone unless they want to work for far less than they could.. Bonus gives Double XP, Coins and Goods..

[Dulcinea]

I don't know, I haven't worked for anyone in the marketplace in years. But back in the day, when we were hired, as a precaution in case we got kicked, we would add one another to our buddy lists. Why the buddy list would interfere with claiming the bonus chest now, I have no idea.

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by Dulcinea

I don't know, I haven't worked for anyone in the marketplace in years. But back in the day, when we were hired, as a precaution in case we got kicked, we would add one another to our buddy lists. Why the buddy list would interfere with claiming the bonus chest now, I have no idea.

Hi Dulcinea,
When the bonus chest was added it was set as only for strangers from the marketplace. Neighbors and buddies do not get the bonus chest.

[Dulcinea]

That's funny! What else is the buddy list good for, if not for finding people who aren't your neighbors? :lol: That's the only thing I ever used it for, anyway. But hiring strangers is so darn unreliable, I gave up on all that long ago.

[Aussie Rae]

Originally Posted by Dulcinea

That's funny! What else is the buddy list good for, if not for finding people who aren't your neighbors? :lol: That's the only thing I ever used it for, anyway. But hiring strangers is so darn unreliable, I gave up on all that long ago.

I think the Buddy list is old and outdated now that we have the Bonus Chest and the option to hire Super Neighbors to do our work, maybe Slashkey will remove it as time goes on..

[Dulcinea]

Originally Posted by Aussie Rae

I think the Buddy list is old and outdated now that we have the Bonus Chest and the option to hire Super Neighbors to do our work, maybe Slashkey will remove it as time goes on..

I personally wouldn't miss it. You know what's interesting, though. Most every time I go to the buy and sell marketplace, someone there wants to add me to their buddy list. They don't try to buy anything from me or sell me anything; they simply ask if they can add me as a buddy. I've always wondered if they had a purpose in doing this, or if they were simply newbies with no idea what the buddy list was for.

[dkbrat]

Originally Posted by Dulcinea

I personally wouldn't miss it. You know what's interesting, though. Most every time I go to the buy and sell marketplace, someone there wants to add me to their buddy list. They don't try to buy anything from me or sell me anything; they simply ask if they can add me as a buddy. I've always wondered if they had a purpose in doing this, or if they were simply newbies with no idea what the buddy list was for.

I added a lot of people to buddy list that do Co-op quests. I can go to their farms when I am desperately looking for that one obscure ingredient. I think that is why people ask to add me to buddy list as I have Co-op quests in my avatar name