Let me save you the trouble...
I've been in practice 4 years, and have had the same three staff members for
the past 3 1/2 years. As production has increased, I've hired 3 different
individuals to try to fill the position of dental assistant. All 3
positions were to be paid $10/hour with no benefits for 90 days. None of
them had even a day's experience in a dental office and were to be trained
while on-the-job. Following the 90 days, they were to be paid $12/hour and
receive full benefits.

Well, the first one showed up to work and told me she "just found out she
was pregnant...is that a problem?" Well, yeah...she'd be around
amalgam/mercury scrap waste, dental x-rays, nitrous oxide, etc. She was due
in 5 months, but according to her "she didn't know the day before when she
interviewed for the job". She went home that same morning.

The second one showed up on time day 1, left early sick on day 2, and called
in sick on day 3. Day 4 she came on time. Day 5 she had to leave early
because her son got sick, and she called in sick on days 6 and 7 while her
son got better. She worked days 8 and 9, but arrived 5-10 minutes late on
each day because she was "still trying to figuring out how long it would
take to get her son to daycare in the morning". Day 10 her son was sick
again, but her mom watched him. She "worked" a full day. Day 11, she came
to work but left early with a stomach ache. Day 12, she gave me her notice
that she was going to stay home full time with her son.
I think I showed tremendous patience on that one.

The third one was my "wonder employee". She showed up early, stayed late,
was very efficient, and learned things quickly. She even did babysitting on
the side for my kids. She lasted about 4 or 5 months, then her fiance
dumped her and she moved up North to live with her mom until she could
"straighten out her life".

All three employees were single (two were single moms), between the ages of
19 and 25. The three stable staff members I've had are between the ages of
40 and 52. The comments you *may* find in google probably relate to the
fact that the older employees have been the most stable, in my experience.
What you *won't* find is anywhere that I said I only hire from certain age
groups.







"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Since you accused me of stating that *I* hired part-time employees in my
practice to avoid paying benefits, I'd say you owe me an apology.



By way of apology, I'll avoid googling up the thread where you did
specifically
claim to prefer to hire people of a certain age group- too old to take off
on
maternity leave and still young enough to raise you health insurance
experience
rating.

Since you insist that the best practice is to hire two 25 hour workers to
do 50
hours worth of work rather than hire a 40-hour person and pay overtime and
benefits, you ask us to believe that you knowingly follow the less than
optimum
financial course for the welfare of your employees. That's very "liberal"
of
you, Doc, you should be proud.
:-)