Finding Employees

[aubrey]

I am new to the lawn business. Just recently purchased a lawn service which had 2 workers. They flaked out on us about a month after buying the business. Not sure why, we even gave them a raise. We then found another guy who just stopped showing up.

We are in S. Florida which I figured it would be easy to find people. I know we have a communication barrier which makes it difficult.

Any thought on where to go to find dependable workers?

[bcg]

Welcome to the world of owning an LCO. This will be your single biggest problem, forever. Every Monday is a crap shoot and some will even walk off a job to take a different/better offer. My advice is to always have at least one more employee than you really need.

[F3Nelson]

I am new to the lawn business. Just recently purchased a lawn service which had 2 workers. They flaked out on us about a month after buying the business. Not sure why, we even gave them a raise. We then found another guy who just stopped showing up.

We are in S. Florida which I figured it would be easy to find people. I know we have a communication barrier which makes it difficult.

Any thought on where to go to find dependable workers?

I would sell off the lawns you dont want, bring it down to where you can take care of all of them on your own, employess SUCK

[Kedz42]

try posing an ad on craigslist in your area its free I get alot of responces from there It www.craigslist.com and find your area