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What's with the complete lack of interest in your jobs? Are you guys offering terrible wages, or trying to only recruit superstars? Given most business owners are complaining about being flooded with too many applicants, seems a bit odd you're all getting no interest in your jobs.

Yeah but if we let in hordes of illegals like the US does, Tony Abbott would have something to say about it. He might even shirtfront you!

When I first left uni, I had a mate who couldn't find a job for a year. Applied to everything and anything remotely relevant, spent a lot of time and effort on the applications, and even took up a few casual jobs to pay the bills in between. Never even bothered applying for centrelink. I'm sure...

He's not interested. All he's concerned about is that at the end of the week, we deliver the output to the required standards/quality as requested. In short, as long as deadlines are met and the work is of sufficient standard. It's been the same for any place I've been at. And contrary to...

Sounds like your staff either work very basic jobs (and will soon be replaced by Third World workers or machines), or you place more importance on doing work than achieving results. Most places I've been at, the manager simply sets a task and a deadline, and tells us to scurry off to do it...

Unless your employees work menial jobs (which will be done by robots in the future), does it really matter, as long as they achieve the results you expect?

Employers do have all the control already...within the confines of the law and the employment contract. For example, beating your employees is illegal, even if yuo're the boss. As for the "like it or lump it" view...the employer is also free to start their business elsewhere if they don't like...

Wow, this thread seems a bit one-sided :P To be honest, my experiences as an employee has always been the employer holding all the power, with the employee holding little to none. If your employee is crap, you've got a 6 month probation period to boot them out without any notice, so unless...