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Jonathan Ellis

Jonathan Ellis

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I have been with a particular company for 5 years in December of this year. I have recently been working with the guy in charge of the pressure washing to take over the whole company. I have gotten compalint phone calls from him recently and every one of them was about the other company that was cleaning for them as well. I had talked to people in the corporate office and all of them had the same word, they are going to one company.

He was on vacation last week and I get a letter from the owner of the company to stop service. Monday morning I was on the phone with my contact at 8am. He told me he knew nothing about it but he would find out. Tuesday morning, he called me and told me that the change is official, the owner brought in someone he knows personally.

Ouch!! Obviously, the money hurts, but that is one of the companies that I thought I would be with for many many years to come.
 
That sucks!

Hopefully that account is not the bulk of your work.

You have to keep on being positive and stay out there and find more work.

You can do it.
 
Yeah, it really sucks. No it is not the bulk of the work. I do not keep all the eggs in one basket by any means.

I truly believe that when a door closes, another one swings wide open.
 
I would make sure I stayed in close contact with them, because I am wiling to bet that pretty soon the new contractor is going to fail, possibly solely because he is banking on the goodwill that he has with the owner. Most businessman that get that large know that good will ends at the door.
 
I got a call today from a long time quarterly account letting me know they were stopping service.The DM is going out on maternity leave and her temp replacement doesn't feel the service is needed.
The DM is trying to get her temp to keep the service since she is keenly aware the price will go up when she comes back if they cut me off.
 
Squirtgun said:
I got a call today from a long time quarterly account letting me know they were stopping service.The DM is going out on maternity leave and her temp replacement doesn't feel the service is needed.
The DM is trying to get her temp to keep the service since she is keenly aware the price will go up when she comes back if they cut me off.
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I hate the new manger syndrome. Trying to run the ship tighter that it already is, lol.
 
810f250 said:
I hate the new manger syndrome. Trying to run the ship tighter that it already is, lol.
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They learn that trying to save penny might cost them a dollar down the road that is why the DM that is going out on maternity trying to tell the temp to keep countract but the temp wants to earn her DM spot by saving money temp is young does not know how much it is going to cost the company for them to resign new contract.
 
I agree, too many young or inexperienced do not try to learn from the older or more experienced people, it happens in every industry out there and people keep re-inventing the wheel instead of just polishing it or making it work a little bit better.

It is a shame, so many can teach so much but so many new don't like to hear from the old and the old just want to help until they finally give up.

It is a shame.
 
Jonathan Ellis said:
I have been with a particular company for 5 years in December of this year. I have recently been working with the guy in charge of the pressure washing to take over the whole company. I have gotten compalint phone calls from him recently and every one of them was about the other company that was cleaning for them as well. I had talked to people in the corporate office and all of them had the same word, they are going to one company.

He was on vacation last week and I get a letter from the owner of the company to stop service. Monday morning I was on the phone with my contact at 8am. He told me he knew nothing about it but he would find out. Tuesday morning, he called me and told me that the change is official, the owner brought in someone he knows personally.

Ouch!! Obviously, the money hurts, but that is one of the companies that I thought I would be with for many many years to come.
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Are they publically traded?

It sucks to loose stuff to the brother-in-law
 
No not publically traded. I have sent the owner a letter thanking him for alloing us to service them for 5 years and the guy that (is suppose) to be in charge of that area let me know that we are first in line if things do not go right.
 
Jonathan Ellis said:
No not publically traded. I have sent the owner a letter thanking him for alloing us to service them for 5 years and the guy that (is suppose) to be in charge of that area let me know that we are first in line if things do not go right.
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Thats a nice Job, the guy might fail. Still hurts to know the loyalty went out the window.

Its hard sometimes to realize people get funny in hardtimes.

I cant tell you how many freinds and family that want a job today. last year I couldnt have paid them double to PW. Now they will tell me pay them half.
 
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