Anytime you blame others you will lose due to disempowermemt. There is just more opportunity for you to respond in an empowered way. Every bid I do I am educating the potential customer between low quality work and high quality work.
I would love to know what companies use incentive structures. I think a vesting period is good were over a period of say 1-5 years it increases. If the company makes over x amount profit over the the job?, Week, month or quarter then a % of it gets shared with employes depending on the value...
Its good to see you have done the numbers for both ways to hire a climber and see 500 a day is reasonable for a climber who can produce.
Everyone is diffrent. Some care about the security and benefits of being an employee and others care more about there freedom and flexibility of being...
I like this and see it as a good win win with a contract climber who likes his freedom and a buisness owner looking for a good climber.
I actually think a machine operator makes a better crew leader than a climber. He has the ability to be on the phone if needed, talk to the customer and...
I would not expect to get hired full time for $500 a day. For me anything over $350 is production. Employees suck in many ways. The high overhead is one. The lack of skin in the game is another. I have always done better with contract work. It leaves room for innovation and motivation to get...
I like your mentality and feel your approach is good. Many companies do not realize this lession of paying the top quality workers enough and after this happens enough a guy will go out on his own and become a competitor. I have always been happy to work hard!
I have full faith in the market to shake our the bad apples. You will also always have customers who so badly want the lowest price they will pick company who does shoddy work or will get scammed. High barrier to entry does not fix customers who dont want to pay or do there due diligence. I am...
Not everyone is created equal. I grew up cutting wood with a chain saw, I have worked full time since 16 and have leadership experence. In a world where just showing up, keeping your word and having a good work ethic not as common place as it used to be its valued. I have worked for diffrent...
A lot... I see nearly everyone complane about not being able to find good qualified help but are offering in my mind low wages. A local guy I met is offering 15-20/for experienced ground guys and 25-30 for experienced climbers and says he can only find people on drugs... Every location is a...