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What do you think about an arborist firm....
a. That owns six saws, none of which run properly;
b. Has a stack of requests for estimates, but can not hire staff to complete any work;
c. Has an ISA certified owner that no longer wants to be hands on, and apparently does not like to maintain equipment, nor wants to pay someone to do it for him;
d. Has only one climber on a part time basis, and you never can be sure what day he will be available, and who smokes dope on the job;
e. Is chronically late with paychecks, and has bounced them numerous times;
f. Has contracts for hedge trimming and stumping and other services, but can not complete them because all the equipment is broken, worn out or in the shop, and has been for months;
g. Leaves a brand new deep root fertilizer applicator out in the snowbank unprotected all winter;
h. Has but one supposedly full time employee, the only one with a drivers license, who waits around all week for 16 hours of work;
i. Has had all their cell phones cut off for two plus months.
The list could go on and on. The really sad thing about this is that these are nice people, just do not seem to have the drive or desire to succeed anymore as small business owners, at least in this line of business. I may not be a certified arborist, but I can see what the way out of this is.
When I go I can not see them being able to hire anyone in the long term who will put up with the above situation.
Anyways, it has been a learning experience, but sticking around while this company slowly shuts itself down is not in the cards for me.
What are your experiences working for companies like this? I suspect most of them do not exist anymore
Anyways I will try a couple of other services in this city to see what happens! This current situation is a real downer!
a. That owns six saws, none of which run properly;
b. Has a stack of requests for estimates, but can not hire staff to complete any work;
c. Has an ISA certified owner that no longer wants to be hands on, and apparently does not like to maintain equipment, nor wants to pay someone to do it for him;
d. Has only one climber on a part time basis, and you never can be sure what day he will be available, and who smokes dope on the job;
e. Is chronically late with paychecks, and has bounced them numerous times;
f. Has contracts for hedge trimming and stumping and other services, but can not complete them because all the equipment is broken, worn out or in the shop, and has been for months;
g. Leaves a brand new deep root fertilizer applicator out in the snowbank unprotected all winter;
h. Has but one supposedly full time employee, the only one with a drivers license, who waits around all week for 16 hours of work;
i. Has had all their cell phones cut off for two plus months.
The list could go on and on. The really sad thing about this is that these are nice people, just do not seem to have the drive or desire to succeed anymore as small business owners, at least in this line of business. I may not be a certified arborist, but I can see what the way out of this is.
When I go I can not see them being able to hire anyone in the long term who will put up with the above situation.
Anyways, it has been a learning experience, but sticking around while this company slowly shuts itself down is not in the cards for me.
What are your experiences working for companies like this? I suspect most of them do not exist anymore
Anyways I will try a couple of other services in this city to see what happens! This current situation is a real downer!