Years ago I worked for a landscape company that decided to drug test for cheaper insurance. All but one guy failed. The boss spend the whole year driving us all to our jobs and picking us up. Dropping of material etc...
We were all very amused.
I did end up hiring 2 guys. Young and inexperienced but they seem teachable. I’ve worked labor jobs most of my life starting with bailing hay for $5/hr when I was 12. Some people understandably have no clue what it means to work a labor job. I’ll try not to work them to death in the first week. !
It is a nice area. My shop is minutes from where the folk fest is held. Where are you out of? Not sure about who specifically deals with lyme’s here but I am going to see someone from infectious disease soon. My insurance is crap and doesn’t cover much. I have some potential workers starting...
I’ve been hiring since long before the pandemic. I’m sure there are people that abuse the unemployment system but I think the bigger problem is that we have drilled it into kids heads not to take these labor jobs. Our parents worked hard to send us to college and to get an education. Now we have...
I’ve been paying for adds for the last couple years now trying to find employees. What a joke. I can’t get guys to show up for an interview. I’ll pay anywhere from $18-$35 depending on experience. I’ve got plenty of equipment to make life easy ( or at least easy as far as tree work goes ) I...
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