Quoted from Luckydogg420:I do building maintenance for over 50 units in 15 different locations, so I know how hard it can be to keep everything at 100% all the time and what it cost to keep things running smoothly. Plus I can appreciate how hard it is to find good help, and the cost to keep them around, but it can be done. We’re having a hard time getting summer students to do lawn work for $18/hr, I can only imagine the difficulty in working with volunteers.
I think everyone agrees they need full time help. I was largely responding to the lay basically just saying 'pay the man' as the sole reason it's not happening. When you put the real constraints in play people have to accept it's more than just $$ holding efforts back. Simply having a blank check isn't how all problems are solved. And the numbers people were assuming were way off base.
People talked about volunteers.. Tim just outlined how he 'invested' in 3, and none of them are here now. Unfortunately turnover is something that Tim is just going to have to learn to accept. You can understand his frustration - but that's just a fact of life with employees instead of owners. It's not an excuse to abandon seeking staffers.
The lunacy was someone suggesting to allow drop-ins to work on games. Randos in your games, who even if in good intentions, cause you must bigger problems? Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? Break that unobtanium ramp or plastic while cleaning the game, etc.. everyone is a liability and it's something you have to manage. Drop-ins is a horrible idea. Having groups of people you can oversee helps.. but it rings back to the dedication problem... unlike the Banning example which focused on getting ready for key events... places like PHOF have perpetual needs. Tim's trust issues while rooted in truth, are extreme and part of the issue too.
Managing people, recruiting people, tending to their needs too... all takes time and energy. Unfortunately not everyone who is 'good at a job' is necessarily 'good with managing people'. PHOF v3 is obviously too big for their old ways.
There is an obvious disconnect from what people here think are 'issues' vs what Tim does. For example, his storage container issue could be solved with re-arranging the room or paying for off-site storage (or go back to the shed?). Tim would rather just put stuff off to the side in plain sight. Who is right?
One thing is for sure... it's hard to convince someone to change when their traffic is doing as Tim claims.