Keeping employees???

[**JW's Lawncare]

What do you do to hire and keep good employees??

[Phil Nilsson]

Keep employees? ... I used to pay them a guaranteed minimum of 40 hours a week (year round) rain or shine ... snow or no snow ... and OT over 40 hours ... and treated them with a great deal of respect ... rewarded and supported them, no layoffs ... no unpaid days of any kind ... no excuses ... it's your responsibility when you hire somebody to keep a good backlog of work coming in ... the employees expect that.

That's why it's more important for you as "boss" to ... get off that mower ... get out of the trenches, and go out ... and sell ... and find work as your primary responsibility ... you (owe) it to your employees to not run out of work at any time ... during any month ... and if you do ... you pay them anyway.

Otherwise DON'T hire employees ... buy yourself your own job, work it ... and don't take on the employer role (you own a job, not a business) (employees don't rely on you) and not bring financial problems to unsuspecting employees who need to earn a living ... wow ... that was a mouthful! ...

[mariner]

[QUOTE=Phil Nilsson]
(you own a job, not a business) )

I disagree. Business is business whether your solo or a huge corp. If your sell'n under your own name and terms, you are doing business.

[boazcat]

Phil is right. Treat your good employees well or they will quit and start their own business.

[Phil Nilsson]

[QUOTE=mariner]

(you own a job, not a business) )

I disagree. Business is business whether your solo or a huge corp. If your sell'n under your own name and terms, you are doing business.

some people are self employed ... ... but not really in business ... like Donald Trump who is the same as the guy running a hot dog stand in central park ... ... Tiger Woods is self employed ... he's not in the golf business ... he works alone ...