New ********** Catalog

[BostonMike]

@We Wash Windows

The catalog would be good for a new window cleaner… there’s a lot of good information in it.

But, there is a lot more info here on this forum!

[BostonMike]

@starbrite

nope.

I like how i operate my business.

I do not want to babysit employees/subs etc.

I have a question for Chris or Alex.

I have been watching your videos and you guys are always talking about hiring and training.

Do you guys have a high turnover of employees and if so why?

It just seems to me that it would be a pain and cost alot of money to keep on hiring and firing and training new people.

Hey Doug,
I’m thinking of starting a new thread. To fly solo of hire a crew. Which is better? Maybe you should start the thread.

[starbrite]

@mdefiel

Hey Doug,
I’m thinking of starting a new thread. To fly solo of hire a crew. Which is better? Maybe you should start the thread.

Hey Mike,

Maybe you should start a pole or just a new thread

Maybe flying sole or crews

or flying solo vs. crews.

[EcoClean]

@mdefiel

But, there is a lot more info here on this forum!

I 100% agree.

[stark]

@starbrite

nope.

I like how i operate my business.

I do not want to babysit employees/subs etc.

so you’ve made yourself a job.

[BostonMike]

@stark

so you’ve made yourself a job.

Ya, some people call it owning a job. But it’s a great job!

[stark]

@mdefiel

Ya, some people call it owning a job. But it’s a great job!

that it is

[Chris]

@starbrite

I have been watching your videos and you guys are always talking about hiring and training.

Do you guys have a high turnover of employees and if so why?

It just seems to me that it would be a pain and cost a lot of money to keep on hiring and firing and training new people.

It is a pain and it does cost a lot of $… BUT it needs to be done.

If you were to look at a revenue graph of our year the peak and valleys mirrors a graph of the # of people we have on staff.

We do have a high turnover rate because:

Its a real tough job with long hours, but mainly because of the seasonality of the business. In the spring we need 50 people need in the winter we could only need 15.

We do 2 main hire’s a year.

1 in the spring, another in the fall for gutter cleaning season. Once the summer hits we usually have to lay people off but when its busy again in the fall most of the summer layoffs would have found other jobs by then.

So its a vicious cycle of hire’s and fires. There are a couple other smaller hire’s through out the year. If someones not pulling there weight I let them go and someone needs to fill there space.