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FT drivers w/ a business on the side? What is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="upsman29" data-source="post: 381760" data-attributes="member: 12777"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black'">I own a landscape construction business on the side. I have 3 guys working for me, 1 which handles my day to day business on site. I handle of all the estimates and the meet and greet of the customers. I usually schedule my estimates in the evening and sometimes I take days off when I have 4 or 5 to do during the same day. Thats when I get that 24hr flu <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> but my business has been a very good success so far. If you do decide to start a business and you get to the point where you have people working for you remember this 1 main thing. Don't ever let your lead person know how to do everything. Using my business for example if my lead person knew how I did my bids or even what to bid for a job he could open his own business. I handle the ordering of all material, billing and payments are made only to me when the job is completed. I trust my people to a point but I use to do this kinda work before I started driving years ago so I know what goes through the mind of the laborer. Good labor will eventually think they can do better by going on their own and will do so. I have no problem with my lead guy if he ever did leave he's learning the skills he will need to perform in the business. Im not going to teach him how to profit from it also. Thats something he will have to learn when he goes on his own.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upsman29, post: 381760, member: 12777"] [B][FONT=Arial Black]I own a landscape construction business on the side. I have 3 guys working for me, 1 which handles my day to day business on site. I handle of all the estimates and the meet and greet of the customers. I usually schedule my estimates in the evening and sometimes I take days off when I have 4 or 5 to do during the same day. Thats when I get that 24hr flu ;) but my business has been a very good success so far. If you do decide to start a business and you get to the point where you have people working for you remember this 1 main thing. Don't ever let your lead person know how to do everything. Using my business for example if my lead person knew how I did my bids or even what to bid for a job he could open his own business. I handle the ordering of all material, billing and payments are made only to me when the job is completed. I trust my people to a point but I use to do this kinda work before I started driving years ago so I know what goes through the mind of the laborer. Good labor will eventually think they can do better by going on their own and will do so. I have no problem with my lead guy if he ever did leave he's learning the skills he will need to perform in the business. Im not going to teach him how to profit from it also. Thats something he will have to learn when he goes on his own.[/FONT][/B] [/QUOTE]
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