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The problem with not knowing anything is they can't bid an add on for the neighbor or help you bid on a day when you're slammed, or on vacation. At some point it is nice to have someone on the crew that can do some of that. Generally speaking I would say you're right but the foreman anyway...

Haha Levi, I do occasionally say things like that but am not a micro manager. Mostly suggestions but sometimes I say do this, this way.

We usually talk about jobs for the day in the morning or the day before. If a job is spread out or complex I will try to walk through with them. Sometimes we have a multi day job, sometimes multi job days so not always possible. Crew has access to all jobs on the calendar so they can often look...

Oh, work orders go out for the crew, foreman has access to Jobber for bidding or to see the price so he gets an idea of time factored. Sometimes that is good to know if the job is a little confusing and I can't swing by or not answering the phone at the moment

I don't understand the question.

99 Percent of the time a well written bid will do. If I get the feeling the client will be a pain or can't decide how it will look, I tell them I can't give a hard quote but can do it hourly and they can point and shoot all they want. Actually gets the job done quite efficiently :D

Your bid shouldn't be subjective. If you write down "prune Tree in back yard" and i show up to bid next I'm going to ask the client what that means. Are they cutting one branch off? Be specific so you and your customer can both look at the bid spec when you're done and know the job has been...