A Short Rant About Health

I have three employees who are sick right now.

Two of whom I will have to work for if they can't make it to work.
The third causes scheduling consternations.
All cause work to back up and cause me to work more hours.

All three have in common that they do not take good care of
themselves. Eating, exercise, lifestyle...

Also, all three smoke a lot and drink a lot - which I think weakens the
immune system to say the least.

Now I know why we read about businesses adding up the costs of smoking
and fitness ...

Take care of yourselves so you don't inconvenience
others and cost your employer time, money, effectiveness...
(In my case it's TLC issues for my hotel, my time/personal life,
and how I give people work hours/fairness.)

I inherited these employees because the owner did not screen.
It is hard to find good - even mediocre - help in this little mountain,
but I'm going for non-smoking, non-drinking, and no drug users for my
next hires. Also, I'm ending seniority and just rewarding performance -
until I have equally good performing employees and have to use seniority
as the tiebreaker.

I've learned that even with the small population, you can still set your
sights on high quality employees.

End of rant. Thank you for reading.

Dan