6 FEBRUARY 2023 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Proudly Made in the United States of America - delivered WorldWide! WorldWide Drilling Resource WorldWide Drilling Resource® The complete magazine for the drilling industry worldwide, owned by drilling industry associates dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date technology and information to subscribers. Covering construction-geotechnical, directional, environmental, explorationblasthole, shallow gas & oil, geothermal, mining, water well, irrigation, wastewater; from bits, to pumps, to rigs, to tanks, through wire, and more - whatever it takes to get the drilling job completed! 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Advertising rates furnished upon request. Editorial contributions are welcome subject to editorial review.* WorldWide Drilling Resource® reserves the right to refuse any advertisement. We Recycle Standing with our Drilling Industry . . . Yesterday ~ Today ~ Tomorrow REMOTE WORKERS ON YOUR PAYROLL? Exactly, “How is that working out for you?” WorldWide Drilling Resource, Inc. had remote workers “before it was a thing”. There is a BIG trick to having remote workers who really devote their time and efforts 100% to what YOU are paying them for. This company has had good ones and not-so-good ones. Some people are naturals at understanding they are being paid to do a job, be it only for three hours a day or the full 8-10 hours a day - and those people understand, the job isn’t over because the laundry sound went off, the dog wants to play ball, the mailman wants to chat, or oh perhaps there is this thing that just must be done, and who would know if I just ran downtown for a few minutes? These people who are the “naturals” = “good ones”, actually get it - “The Company for which I work, actually needs my help to grow, to get more sales, really needs MY ideas! Gosh, I am important and not just somebody out here in my remote location, somewhere in my house, shed, cellar, attic, wherever - but I AM ACTUALLY A PART OF THE LARGER PART OF THIS COMPANY that is actually paying me a fair wage for what I do and produce.” If you are the owner, manager, or someone in charge of someone who is working remotely, you should and must be able to gauge if the remote worker is actually working and continuing to be a contributing factor to the company and not just someone out there willy-nilly, filling out some forms indicating they did something, when in fact, they have wasted more of YOUR time and money, doing nothing but filling out that or those forms. If they aren’t working for the company ~ there is a door that swings out, remember? Is there communication between you and them? I don’t mean e-mails, or the casual telephone call saying “Hi, just checking in with you.” I’m talking about ones that mean something - like asking about people they have actually spoken to on behalf of the company. Something they actually would have had to talk about - and you’d know what that is. That would give you a starting point . . . You know what, I was one of these REMOTE WORKERS before it was fashionable. I actually went into my office, in my home; shut that door, and did not come out until lunch; ate lunch at my home table and returned to my office to WORK! Try it “Remotees”, you just might help make the company you work for grow ~ imagine that. Just food for thought in today’s crazy world we live in. RONNIE’s REAL WORLD . . . with its ups and downs ~ but always positive thoughts, hopes, and dreams. See you on the trail . . . NEXT UP ~ Mountain States in Laughlin, NV! With Pen - Computer in hand . . . Veronica I. “Ronnie” Jones, 850-547-0102 ronnie@worldwidedrillingresource.com Featured Articles for February - Blasthole Drilling and Mining Machines Oak Island Mystery Page 22 BLAST DOG™ Technology Page 28 Blasting in Metro Atlanta Page 35 Funding for Antimony Project Page 16 World’s Deepest Mine Page 31 Young Blasting Operator Page 40
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