Critical Mass.

[Russ T.]

I've been sick as a dog for the last two or three days.

Everything went fine without me. I need to get better quick before everyone figures that out.

Thats critical mass!

Well played Lee, I want to get there!

 

[Wing It]

Craigslist adds for employment cost $25. Indeed.com is free. Get people applying and test them out. Don't settle when hiring, especially your first hire. That person might be teaching the rest of the employees someday. Hire someone who you can motivate to get you off the truck. Offer an incentive for cleaning jobs without you. Teaching one to clean carpet is easy. Teaching one to properly communicate and pay attention to details is difficult so they must already have those skills. There are people out there willing and able to do a great job, perhaps even better than you. My 2 leads are better than I am at what they do.

 

[Chris A]

Getting that first tech trained and on his own was huge for me. Now I can trust that he does a great job on every job, but we still keep tabs on him.

 

[Russ T.]

Getting that first tech trained and on his own was huge for me. Now I can trust that he does a great job on every job, but we still keep tabs on him.

How long has he been with you Chris?

 

[Chris A]

2 years, on his own for a year now

 

[Mark Saiger]

almost 4 weeks away from home and the office...but running the business (or checking on it) from our Mobile office

We are lucky that our son in law can run and manage most of it, and we have a great helper with Austin as well (Known as Happy Feet...or Pizza Boy to some here )

Finding someone can take time, and then be prepared for change or someone moving on...

But getting to this point in our lives has been nice.