David Saulque
Senior Moderator
This will always be a hot topic and should bring out some good information.
First off, I know Gary in Sacramento and he has been doing this kind of work for better than two decades and has a good following. He has elected for his reasons that was stated to down size and cherry pick the accounts that he wishes to service. He works long nights to complete a given selected job.
This is a far stretch from training a new person, to service multi mix stores with a single man crew. Once you decide to go out with no helper your world will change. No longer will you be able to complete two jobs per night, without two days to recover.
When looking at employees all of us tend to remember the bad days and not the good days. Sure we all have storys, but for the most part they do what I expect and I place the authority on my manager to the helper toe the mark.
I tell new employees that I want them to do a good job and I don't want to hear of problems, or issues that have their name on them. I am not their pal and I plan not to spend my off time with them. Show up and do your job. I have monthly safety meeting and we discuss issues that they have.
I am confident that if I told my manager to be in Seattle on July 31 at 10:30-I would see them at the job. The key is they want to work.
Without employees you limit your potential to service accounts that require a more complex application of service. Example would be malls, casinos, hospitals, woods, multi level units and so on.
Employee safety is the main reason two man crews are desirable. You have a person to dial 911-keep a eye on equipment, back door issues, police and alarm calls. My General Manager took a fall 6 years ago and the helpers were able to call 911 and get assistance for him.
Rusty, no single man crew can service $120,000 per year. The number just not there. Lets say you service one unit per night @$300X5=$1500 or $6000 per month or $72,000 per year. That guy would earn his keep.
Just my two cents
David
First off, I know Gary in Sacramento and he has been doing this kind of work for better than two decades and has a good following. He has elected for his reasons that was stated to down size and cherry pick the accounts that he wishes to service. He works long nights to complete a given selected job.
This is a far stretch from training a new person, to service multi mix stores with a single man crew. Once you decide to go out with no helper your world will change. No longer will you be able to complete two jobs per night, without two days to recover.
When looking at employees all of us tend to remember the bad days and not the good days. Sure we all have storys, but for the most part they do what I expect and I place the authority on my manager to the helper toe the mark.
I tell new employees that I want them to do a good job and I don't want to hear of problems, or issues that have their name on them. I am not their pal and I plan not to spend my off time with them. Show up and do your job. I have monthly safety meeting and we discuss issues that they have.
I am confident that if I told my manager to be in Seattle on July 31 at 10:30-I would see them at the job. The key is they want to work.
Without employees you limit your potential to service accounts that require a more complex application of service. Example would be malls, casinos, hospitals, woods, multi level units and so on.
Employee safety is the main reason two man crews are desirable. You have a person to dial 911-keep a eye on equipment, back door issues, police and alarm calls. My General Manager took a fall 6 years ago and the helpers were able to call 911 and get assistance for him.
Rusty, no single man crew can service $120,000 per year. The number just not there. Lets say you service one unit per night @$300X5=$1500 or $6000 per month or $72,000 per year. That guy would earn his keep.
Just my two cents
David