You're there to give your future employer a chance of knowing whether he will be comfortable having his children, parents and / or friends stuck in a metal tube for 12hrs with you up front.
There is an astonishing amount of employers & passengers that apparently donīt care about exactly that...
Lets face it, Marcusses approach is - IMO - good but relatively rare, at least over here in Europe. There are real good employers, of course, but if we look at the big picture these days there is a majority that just want to save, no matter how much it will cost them in the end.
I was with a good guy for 14 years and I have had 2 employers that I wouldn't wish to work for ever again and for the last 4 years Iīm working for a good company that I hope will keep me until retirement.
So for me the balance is sort of even right now. I hope it stays that way....
The OWNER is basically hiring a close family friend, who has certain specialist skills.
Basically there is or should be a contract between the employer and me.
Friendship? Hmmm, I donīt think so. I also donīt think it would be a thing to desire. I will be friendly and polite, of course, I will do my job to the best of my abilities, I donīt have any trouble with Kiddies (despite not having 'any that I know of') and would never mind to go the extra mile, but in the end I will stay an employee and nothing else. I seriously doubt that the other party would see that differently. Especially when there are disagreements... that develop pretty quick when it comes to money issues.