Well it's been slightly over a month and he's still the best I've had. He isn't on his own just yet (just waiting on Dot physical testing). I have had to work on a few things, he had the apartment cleaning mindset of going a hundred miles an hour, it took about 2 weeks to get him to be a more consciousness cleaner and just slow down! Also, he had worked for one company that didn't move any furniture so that's been a mind shift for him. Had to improve his stair cleaning (actually drying technique) but all and all a great experience. We had a tardy issue a couple of times so as we sat in the drive I reversed roles with him and said if you were the owner what would you do to fix this problem, he suggested two things and we flew with them and he has 't been late since.
I have learned a half a dozen or so things from him also and we're just scratching the surface. He ask for a bump in pay after 2 weeks and was willing to sacrifice a couple of things for that so I gave it without hesitation because I understood his situation.
He was responsible for a strong lead that landed a 250 town home account that I am giving him 10% referral fee on each new unit that we clean the first time. He has another contact with another larger company that we can probably pick up as well but I am holding off to make sure I priced this first one correctly before stepping out to far over my head.
He has given me another lead for a tech that actually trained him and I have interviewed and am excited about this prospect as well. He brings 4 years of duck cleaning and WRD experience to the table as well. The main reason I want to bring on another is he won't be able to maintain my crazy schedule for long so this will give us both a break and I will be able to turn him loose on his own very soon (biting my nails). Of course he has fed me with some bs lines but I feel like I've recognized this up front and cut it off at the head immediately.
All and all I am still very excited about what he brings to the table and he is the first I've had that I feel like will allow us to grow, (now I'm knocking hard on some real wood)!
I have learned a half a dozen or so things from him also and we're just scratching the surface. He ask for a bump in pay after 2 weeks and was willing to sacrifice a couple of things for that so I gave it without hesitation because I understood his situation.
He was responsible for a strong lead that landed a 250 town home account that I am giving him 10% referral fee on each new unit that we clean the first time. He has another contact with another larger company that we can probably pick up as well but I am holding off to make sure I priced this first one correctly before stepping out to far over my head.
He has given me another lead for a tech that actually trained him and I have interviewed and am excited about this prospect as well. He brings 4 years of duck cleaning and WRD experience to the table as well. The main reason I want to bring on another is he won't be able to maintain my crazy schedule for long so this will give us both a break and I will be able to turn him loose on his own very soon (biting my nails). Of course he has fed me with some bs lines but I feel like I've recognized this up front and cut it off at the head immediately.
All and all I am still very excited about what he brings to the table and he is the first I've had that I feel like will allow us to grow, (now I'm knocking hard on some real wood)!
