So I have had about two weeks to adjust to my job. There were a lot of hitches and expectations for a first job, and I have so far survived and grown stronger.

Among the workers, one comes in once every few days. He and I got to talking (yes, he's hot) and apparently he wrote some type of supplemental worker's training manual back in February. He let me have a copy and when I read it, I realized how helpful it would have been had I read it before I started working.

It would have saved:
#1.) Co-worker's time it took to explain some things and correct other things I got wrong
#2.) Manager and owner's time it took to explain what the co-worker didn't
#3.) My own time in correcting my own mistakes when left alone
#4.) The money we all could have been making in the time it took to get my ignorant/inexperienced ass on track

So the kid wants to get the boss to accept the document, and we're proof-reading it right now.

What's the best way to approach the boss and tell him all of this, especially if he might not want to make the investment in printing the documents? He's a penny-pincher like every businessman, but the prospect of efficient beginning employees can't be beyond this dude. I've just had the problem if asking/explaining things to him.

12/4/2007 10:32:15 PM

haha wow...i'm glad my parents made me get a job asap

12/4/2007 10:41:17 PM

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"especially if he might not want to make the investment in printing the documents"

It's called a PDF.

12/4/2007 10:46:49 PM

haha wow...i'm glad my parents made me get a job asap

12/4/2007 10:48:04 PM

^^ Yeah, I know.

I can easily format / design it in PDF, that's not the question.

12/4/2007 10:49:30 PM

your having all the revelations about a job at age 22. pitiful

12/4/2007 11:15:23 PM

Here is an idea "Hello Mr Boss Man! <insert name here> wrote this manual that would have really helped me when I had first started, would you consider making this available to other new employees kthxbye....."

12/4/2007 11:26:26 PM

work sucks, i recommend against it

12/5/2007 12:48:18 AM

what you do is you give it to a few other new people. and maybe even let someone at a different work place read it

see what they think

take their references and say this is feedback from it.

here is some possible benefits


what do you think about implimenting it into the system for new employees

12/5/2007 1:03:31 AM

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"(yes, he's hot) "

so...

how old is he?

Anywho, like these guys have said it would be good to just proof read it and tell the boss about it and how it helped you out. What kind of job is this? If you have company email it could be simply emailed to new employees if he was really concerned about the cost of printing out a manual.

12/5/2007 1:09:05 AM

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"work sucks, i recommend against it"

w3rd!

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"What kind of job is this?"

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"your having all the revelations about a job at age 22. pitiful"

Neomonde Deli. I know, sounds like it would be an easy job, but these people have very high standards and it's my first day-job ever. And I'm 23. Says so right there in my profile, dude.

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"If you have company email it could be simply emailed to new employees if he was really concerned about the cost of printing out a manual."

No email. I suggested to the kid that we print out maybe 20 copies for the boss in case he doesn't want to print them himself and he poo-pooed the idea, not sure why. I would be against it personally because I don't trust the printer at the store; I'd like to print out a nice version for the images he's included. They're already pixellated and if we do agree to re-photograph the images for a better presentation, I'd probably take care of the image quality and would definately want to print those at a professional office printing place.

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"how old is he?"

Hey, he's in my age group, thank you very much!

Well, I'll bring it up with the boss delicately. I've just had nothing but yes-sir conversations with him in the past, so I don't know how flexible he is to suggestions like this one. I'm afraid I could blow it for the kid that wrote it if I step in for him, but he's certainly not making any move to further the CAUSE.

[Edited on December 5, 2007 at 8:24 AM. Reason : .]

12/5/2007 8:22:55 AM