Employee pay

[PCTREE]

I had a kid start working for me about 11 years ago. He had a good work ethic and tried hard. 10 years later he was my climber and making $500 a day. He got to be very negative about “productivity “ Kept arguing that I rushed too much. I tried to explain that my expenses ran about $8k per week so at that time I had to make $2k per day 4 days a week to just cover that so yes we need to be productive. Anyways we went out separate ways. He called me back after a few months and wanted to come back. I already had moved on and now he is working for a landscape company. Not sure what he makes but I doubt it’s much.
Like has been stated people get very used to how well they have it and consider it their right not a privilege till that opportunity has gone

 

[PCTREE]

Tree09 problem is there are no “new” guys

nobody wants to work which is why I fear for our future

 

[kevin bingham]

not to mention that it will take a minimum of 6 months before even the best of the best in terms of work ethic will know what to do and how to do it.

 

[cory]

Awesome post, Paul. So you are obviously saying that paying your climber $62/hr shows that you are willing and able to pay top dollar to the right people and be competitive with most any blue collar industry out there.

 

[SeanKroll]

I've had a number of guys want to come back, last week even, especially after going back to the dangerous, back-breaking way, dodging falling limbs, etc.

PRODUCTION!

 

[PCTREE]

I don’t mind paying folks top dollar as long as they make me money . One of the very few things I’m not cheap about. I understand we are a team