Dealing with entitled and unreliable helpers
Hiring unreliable helpers who demand high pay and exhibit poor work ethic or entitlement.
What people tried
2 itemsEvery workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Doing all the jobs solo without helpers to avoid aggravationDid this help you?
- 2Paying high rates upfront to secure laborDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“That’s when the pure entitlement and victim mentality kicked into overdrive. He immediately complained that asking for a 7:45 AM drop-off was "a lot to ask"”source ↗
“I hire helpers all the time and it’s amazing how some just don’t get it. They call me because they need work and money, but unless it’s convenient and easy, not interested.”source ↗
“Even if someone is prompt and shows up, you still have to explain everything to them and babysit them for the duration of the job.”source ↗
Where this came up
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