hogjowl
Idiot™
Darcie’s “How do you know” thread has highlighted one or two common problems in our industry that we need to discuss. Darcie and her husband (forget his name) have just expanded their business from 1 or two vans to 4? Something like that anyway. It was at 3 crews that I lost all interest in employing
people.
What I found was I couldn’t motivate people to clean properly. Some of my problem was also probably in my training, or lack there of. I got tired of the constant complaints and problems and decided to scale back. As they quit, I didn’t hire anybody to replace them. I increased my prices and carried on alone until my son came to work for me. I also increased the quality of my work.
It’s appears that Scott (THAT’S his name) was able to drastically improve the carpet that his employee was having difficulty with. What changed? What did Scott know that his employee didn’t? Why was Scott motivated to do what his employee wasn’t?
Is it just that young people today won’t work?
Is Scott’s training program in need of improvement?
How hard is it to motivate people to do quality work?
Maybe they’re hiring practices need improvement?
Darcie and Scott are attempting to grow their business into a successful multi-van business. We all attempt that at some point in our early years. What’s the difference between those who do and those that fail at this?
people.
What I found was I couldn’t motivate people to clean properly. Some of my problem was also probably in my training, or lack there of. I got tired of the constant complaints and problems and decided to scale back. As they quit, I didn’t hire anybody to replace them. I increased my prices and carried on alone until my son came to work for me. I also increased the quality of my work.
It’s appears that Scott (THAT’S his name) was able to drastically improve the carpet that his employee was having difficulty with. What changed? What did Scott know that his employee didn’t? Why was Scott motivated to do what his employee wasn’t?
Is it just that young people today won’t work?
Is Scott’s training program in need of improvement?
How hard is it to motivate people to do quality work?
Maybe they’re hiring practices need improvement?
Darcie and Scott are attempting to grow their business into a successful multi-van business. We all attempt that at some point in our early years. What’s the difference between those who do and those that fail at this?
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