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Originally Posted by Regorium

I think the intention is good: To get people that only come work for the city year after year to become motivated and actually do something better than weed-whacking (seriously, 3 or 4 summers in a row weed-whacking? Come on) - thus ensuring years or decades of high tax income.

However, the reality is that 95% of the people at these sessions don't care. They should just drop this and work them to the bone right off the bat.

Oh wait, they can't do that either...I bet they can't even drop the orientation session because of the union. We can keep blaming the city though, even though they have their hands completely tied on almost every matter relating to city workers.

What do you mean 'seriously?' and 'come on?'

I did it for a summer too. Have you ever done landscaping? Not even real landscaping, but mowing grass and weewhacking? Its dead easy. For University students it is the ideal summer job. Its simple, its outdoors and the pay in unbelievable.