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Didn't say anything about non-compete contracts. by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:26pm PDT
They care about product consistancy wrote:

Kaplan hires however many hundreds of seasonal "teachers" (no offense). They can't bet the company on every hire being John Keatings.


None taken.

But in fact, Kaplan DOES require that every "teacher" got a 90% or higher score on the particular exam they're teaching. They also make you write and deliver your own 5-minute lesson on a miscellaneous skill to a the management staff. So their hiring process specifically filters for intelligent, creative applicants with teaching skills.

Then they put you on a retard-proof lesson plan with zero thought, zero room for creativity, and zero discretion. It's maddening! WHY NOT hire deltas to do what is clearly designed to be a delta job instead of insisting on overqualified alphas who are going to be miserable doing it?

It reminds me of a conversation I had with a trainer of seeing eye dogs who said you don't want the dogs to be TOO smart. A really smart dog who learns all the tricks early may become easily distracted because they get bored, or worse, try to out-think the person they're guiding. A slow dog who takes a while to learn the job may be perfectly content once they've mastered the skills to do their basic tasks properly again and again day in and day out.

The E-Myth was upsetting to me because it very effectively takes you down the primrose path, focusing on details up close in a logical fashion and really gets you nodding along. Only in the end when I'd finished the book and examined all the pieces together as a whole did I realize the author was leading me straight into my nightmare job. I guess artificial flavors made in a factory off the jersey turnpike aren't the only way to make McDonald's palatable.
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The E-Myth: The most depressing book ever written in human history. by Mischief Maker 05/15/2012, 4:24pm PDT NEW
    McDonalds doesn't care about a fry cook leaving to start their own burger joint. by They care about product consistancy 05/16/2012, 12:51pm PDT NEW
        Didn't say anything about non-compete contracts. by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:26pm PDT NEW
    did you ever take an accounting class? by jeep 05/16/2012, 1:20pm PDT NEW
        Not going into business as a Lawyer, going into business as a Mediator. by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:32pm PDT NEW
            going into business as a Mediator by jeep 05/16/2012, 5:02pm PDT NEW
                Re: going into business as a Mediator by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 7:54pm PDT NEW
        Agreed. Back in a former life, I used to work for a bunch of guys... by Fullofkitttens 05/16/2012, 1:37pm PDT NEW
            I do appreciate these stories, btw. NT by Mischief Maker 05/16/2012, 1:41pm PDT NEW
 
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