Lazy workers

[Shane]

To the good guys - Hussahhhhhhhh!!!

[DN22 Gardening]

I've just set a young lad on after letting two others go.

I was despairing of ever finding a good young 'un until Daniel landed on my doorstep.

What a breath of fresh air.

On his second day he arrived early, had the yard gates open, and was waiting by the trucks before I'd even got my boots on, all unasked.

On site he's always looking for something to do. I was accosted by a neighbour of today's client to price a job up. I'd been gone about 15 mins and when I got back he'd raked the whole site up, fuelled the saws up and was having a go at sharpening one of the small ground saws.

Suffice to say, after two weeks he's had a £1:50 an hour pay rise and is now on more than most of his mates.

Hopefully he'll stay and be a valued asset of the company.

We also operate a "job and knock" policy.

Yesterday we'd done by one, I dropped everyone off and went and split a load of logs for a couple of hours. Everyone wins

 

 

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[swinny]

Sounds like your an employee..... one with a big ego and big opinion! Only you can do something about it...

 

[theflyingscotsman]

Haha.

 

I had a nightmare from about feb until mid august due to lazy useless workers...feeling the benefits of a great crew now...work time has literally halved on most jobs. Shows you just how much you have to carry some people..

 

We're busy year round due to three businesses but at This time of year time is less crucial as the summer contracts stop around the end of October so after a long summer I slacken off on the amount of graft asked of them for a month or so. The logs sales are flying so any and work continues to pile through the door.

 

But...however much I like money... I think it's more sensible to ease off a touch so we can all catch our breaths.

 

I'd like to keep them for a few years as well so it's best to look after them..

 

Not that I'm a soft touch...my bark can be as bad as my bite...the first 4 chaps this year found that out swiftly

[munky0211]

Why prolong a day?job and knock.

As long as it's a pro job

 

 

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[munky0211]

Just out off interest kids,

Whats the age off posters here?

Curious?

 

 

 

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[Burgess]

As long as you're pricing by the job and not on a day rate, if your guys get a days work into 3/4 of a day and the client is happy, they've earned a full days wage as far as im concerned.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Just out off interest kids,

Whats the age off posters here?

Curious?

 

 

 

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41:blushing, thats way old enough to be giving up on carrying slackers!

[oldwoodcutter]

My lads wouldn't pass any cro checks,god knows,but they work hard,enjoy the rough and tumble of tree work,they cant wait to get started in the mornings,at lunchtime they're up again before ive hardly got to my second sandwich,and have a clean up standard that would put the nhs to shame.

Ime very lucky.

[harvey b davison]

43, and old enough to realise i prefer to work alone if possible.