job opps in pasco county florida
- Thread starter acushman
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- Location
- St.Louis Mo/Florida
I have a good friend and GREAT groundsman comeing down to tampa...has a little climbing exp. but more rock than trees! Worked with him for years, good guy.
- Location
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
acushman, good luck finding some good people, if I hear of anyone heading up North I will give them your info.
This is the problem we all have, finding people that can grow.
Let me know if you have anyone heading South.
This is the problem we all have, finding people that can grow.
Let me know if you have anyone heading South.
I had this young guy pull up to my house and tell me he was a climber and hwe is looking for work.
i said "alright, i'll give you a shot."
i almost dropped dead when he told me what he was looking for.
i'm 38, this kid was 22, not cert., noinsurance as a sub.
i think the point i am making is, i will be climbing until i'm 80. i'm also going to pay myself what this kid was looking for.
i said "alright, i'll give you a shot."
i almost dropped dead when he told me what he was looking for.
i'm 38, this kid was 22, not cert., noinsurance as a sub.
i think the point i am making is, i will be climbing until i'm 80. i'm also going to pay myself what this kid was looking for.
Sounds like he was wanting the "pro rate" during the 8 hours 
- Location
- St.Louis Mo/Florida
Hey acushman, I've seen some of the "climbers" down here...hahaha! Hell this week my 3 groundsman only showed up tuesday! Just put an add in the paper here if we here anything of someone wanting work in ur area I'll send em ur way.
- Location
- Colorado
Man dont feel bad ist like that up here in colorado. Guy walks into our yard says he just got out of school and will work cheap.Doesnt know nothing about nothing,wants to start off at $18.oo an hour We just looked and laughted. We are Line Clearance and that is about tops up here.
i hired a kid for 10/hour to do maint on my gear.
greasing, oil changes, blowing out saws, everything to do with maint.
he change the oil in my chipper last saturday. i found the new filter that was surposed to go on behind the shop in the box i bought it in.
i was always on site when he was working on the gear. i left for 10 min to fetch something to drink and that is what he did.
when i found the filter, i wanted to break his f@#$%^g neck!!!
i guess i should prepar myself to work until my 80-th birthday.
greasing, oil changes, blowing out saws, everything to do with maint.
he change the oil in my chipper last saturday. i found the new filter that was surposed to go on behind the shop in the box i bought it in.
i was always on site when he was working on the gear. i left for 10 min to fetch something to drink and that is what he did.
when i found the filter, i wanted to break his f@#$%^g neck!!!
i guess i should prepar myself to work until my 80-th birthday.
- Location
- Grand Marais, MN
I sympathize with your problems. Seriously don't know what's up with people, perhaps it's really the price of things and preferences to have it all.
Auto mechanic hourly rates separate from parts: $200.00 per hour. Replace electric hot water heater, one hour: $325.00, and additional $125.00 fee for taking the old one out of the house. New water heater itself: $350.00 That's $800.00 and Lowe's sells the same unit for $135.00, the landfill's free for water heaters, and it takes less than an hour to load the old one, drive it to the dump and return home. Less than an hour to install new one. Those are my figures against what my parents paid for their new w/h.
Rip-off? I guess people, some tree people included, believe we're up there with physicians, lawyers, and bankers. Last employee, the one with the custom dental work, was a former cop. He had a retirement account over 250,000 accrued and still bitched about needing new tires for his brand new truck, spent $7,000 on his fifth-grade daughter's clarinet and over $800 on a rare antique fishing lure off E-bay. At lunch-time he gulped-down a bag of chips and a Pepsi, saying he couldn't afford to eat meat like I do, a business owner.
If someone ever pulls-up asking for a job from me and they're getting out of a $35,000 pick-up truck, I won't give them the time of day to even talk about it. I'm currently recruiting some of the people who were demonstrating in the streets last week - people who cherish the idea of a full-time job of labor, can and will doit thankfully, and will get paid a large portion of the profits I get, I'm also greatful that they are willing to do the work, and get just compensation that goes a lot further than some spoiled American who believes 50-100K a year is mandatory for part of this game of sick spoils and obscene wage scales.
The dental-work ex-cop took home more money on Friday than I did, and it couldn't work out. I was hustling work and burning out just to get him his $1,000. I learned the hard way and probably lost some regular customers just to feed his greed. He's a good man, no doubt, but his thirst and demand for money was just too American.
Auto mechanic hourly rates separate from parts: $200.00 per hour. Replace electric hot water heater, one hour: $325.00, and additional $125.00 fee for taking the old one out of the house. New water heater itself: $350.00 That's $800.00 and Lowe's sells the same unit for $135.00, the landfill's free for water heaters, and it takes less than an hour to load the old one, drive it to the dump and return home. Less than an hour to install new one. Those are my figures against what my parents paid for their new w/h.
Rip-off? I guess people, some tree people included, believe we're up there with physicians, lawyers, and bankers. Last employee, the one with the custom dental work, was a former cop. He had a retirement account over 250,000 accrued and still bitched about needing new tires for his brand new truck, spent $7,000 on his fifth-grade daughter's clarinet and over $800 on a rare antique fishing lure off E-bay. At lunch-time he gulped-down a bag of chips and a Pepsi, saying he couldn't afford to eat meat like I do, a business owner.
If someone ever pulls-up asking for a job from me and they're getting out of a $35,000 pick-up truck, I won't give them the time of day to even talk about it. I'm currently recruiting some of the people who were demonstrating in the streets last week - people who cherish the idea of a full-time job of labor, can and will doit thankfully, and will get paid a large portion of the profits I get, I'm also greatful that they are willing to do the work, and get just compensation that goes a lot further than some spoiled American who believes 50-100K a year is mandatory for part of this game of sick spoils and obscene wage scales.
The dental-work ex-cop took home more money on Friday than I did, and it couldn't work out. I was hustling work and burning out just to get him his $1,000. I learned the hard way and probably lost some regular customers just to feed his greed. He's a good man, no doubt, but his thirst and demand for money was just too American.
What's even worse than all that is when you are a really experienced and motivated climber who likes to bang out the work in half the time; so that everyone can call it a day early - (allowing your boss to collect the same amount of money as he would if you busted your butt for a full eight hours) and then the guy takes a week to pay you what he owes you with a rubber check!!
There's something to be said for a job done quickly and done right. That's worth a few extra bucks to most business owners. As far as the rubber check is concerned, that's just plain wrong.
There's something to be said for a job done quickly and done right. That's worth a few extra bucks to most business owners. As far as the rubber check is concerned, that's just plain wrong.
i had a cocky little climber that thought he was experienced enough to take chances. all he did was crack some sidewalks and creat stress on the job for the other workers. the logs would be on the ground and he was ready for the showers.
as for finishing early, it is great sometimes. but not at the risk of injury or accidents.
i have worked with some great climbers in my day, none of them bugged me like this little man.
but all you can do is chalk it to, some of these youngsters want to have there cake and eat it too. eventually, it will catch up to them.
as for finishing early, it is great sometimes. but not at the risk of injury or accidents.
i have worked with some great climbers in my day, none of them bugged me like this little man.
but all you can do is chalk it to, some of these youngsters want to have there cake and eat it too. eventually, it will catch up to them.
sorry, snapped on the issue.
as for rubber checks,no excuse. although, i must admit, i paid that cocky little man with a check the last time he worked for me. it was a hand written check. i didn't tell him it could only be deposited into a account or cashed at my bank. i put blocks up for check cashing establishments due to some earlier on-line theft issues.
as for rubber checks,no excuse. although, i must admit, i paid that cocky little man with a check the last time he worked for me. it was a hand written check. i didn't tell him it could only be deposited into a account or cashed at my bank. i put blocks up for check cashing establishments due to some earlier on-line theft issues.
Yeah, you really did snap on that issue! (I hear there are some great anger management courses you can take for that.)
I am sure that your cocky climber has found an employer who recognizes true talent when he sees it- and is willing to pay for it.
Can't us tree guys all just get along?
Good luck in the future.
I am sure that your cocky climber has found an employer who recognizes true talent when he sees it- and is willing to pay for it.
Can't us tree guys all just get along?
Good luck in the future.
