While I agree that pros should have "pro" saws, if they're idiots like this, then they should only have a harbor freight hand powered crosscut saw. I've got a couple old husky 51s, a couple 55s, a 257, and a 455. Even though those aren't 'pro' grade saws, they hold up very well to a BUNCH of use. Many many hours on those saws. They've had new fuel lines, a few rings, pistons, oil pump gears... and so on, but that's stuff a pro saw would need in time also. I've cut some with a very good friend of mine. He was using his mom's new el cheapo walmart 40-something cc saw on some wind storm blown over big maples. He thought I might be some good help. I brought my 394 and both my 288s. He cut for about an hour before the chain was dull and he didn't even know saw chains could be resharpened. I was working on the other tree of similar size. He had a small pile of a few limbs cut, I had about 20-30 times his amount done. The cheap saw went back in the case and hasn't been used since (that was 3 years ago). I spend a big portion of my work time on sharpening and tensioning chain, cleaning out the bar grooves and oil holes, and looking over what I'm going to be cutting. I'm sure to the casual observer it looks like I'm not working hard at all. But I still manage to get a lot done... and still have good functioning saws to put away for the next session. With my 272 (light port work, base gasket delete, opened up muffler) I'm often cutting 3 or 4 locust or osage trees per 1 that my dad does. He lets the chain get quite a bit more dull and loose than I do. He's sore and completely tired when we stop after a several hours, I'm not but have cut a lot more even though I was bending over and contorting around a lot less time than him. Anyway, maybe the boss will realize that appearing to be working doesn't at all mean that more is getting done.