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Lol. Vodka, Christmas lights and Johnny Cash. I can see it now.
In my part of Canada, daffodils and crocus' are up. Cherries will be blooming within a week.
Pelorus
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She (wife) insisted on buying one of those Made-In-China wire crap outdoor reindeers that have sparkly lights on them last year. Gotta have it. Only $8.00 or something second hand at thrift store. Set it up this year (actually it was this year - think it was after Christmas, like mid-January) and the damn lights don't work. It has gradually gotten entombed by the snow, and may have suffered fatal (antler) damage today when I was shoveling snow off the roof and forgot it was underneath....
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Started my year off by firing the new guy. Didn't show up for four days and pretended that his phone was wonky. Hiring woes ahead. New ground guy shows up and demands two bucks more an hour. No cdl, no medical card. I try him out for a day and figure he probably is worth it. Next day I give him a w-2 and he looks at me and says "if this is going to be on payroll i need 18 an hour". Nice. Now I'm looking again.
medium sized Black Acacia came down in the storm last night...across the road at the bottom of the hill from my place. The city must have cleared it out of the street last night or early this morning. anyway...wood is all in the back of my truck and I made a nice long chipper ready pile of brush back and off the sidewalk for when the city guys come back Mon morning 
Griff93
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I sold my old chip truck yesterday to a nice young guy starting up about an hour south of me but not in my market.
Gorman, I think finding good help that will work for the wages that you can actually afford to pay them is one of the hardest parts of this business.
Gorman, I think finding good help that will work for the wages that you can actually afford to pay them is one of the hardest parts of this business.
gorman
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I know. If the guy had his class B I would start him at 18. No cdl = limited contribution.
Pelorus
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it makes it hard to expect someone to drag brush and slave away for "only" $14 or $15/hr when the kid flipping burgers at McDonalds or standing at a cash register is making $11+/hr minimum wage. (Ontario). Even $20/hr hasn't been sufficiently high enough for me to retain a "great" grounds person; rare and precious commodity that they are. Mebbe it's just me, but employees seem to be getting lazier. More prone to only give 50-60%....while I'm killing myself.
gorman
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Ontario is a different economy from here. Industry standard around here is what I'm offering. And Micky D's, BK lounge, the Bell are hiring at minimum wage. Which is around 8 an hour.
I'm not the only one who's having hiring problem. The other outfit in my area canned 2 new guys who borrowed a bunch of equipment and saws and didn't show up for 3 days.
The main guy I have is great but he's dragging his feet to get his class b. Love the guy. Is just cant stand training people who have never held a chain saw in real life.
I'm not the only one who's having hiring problem. The other outfit in my area canned 2 new guys who borrowed a bunch of equipment and saws and didn't show up for 3 days.
The main guy I have is great but he's dragging his feet to get his class b. Love the guy. Is just cant stand training people who have never held a chain saw in real life.
We have resorted to a temp agency every now and then. you get some that are workable but you get some that just purely suck.... maybe worth a try. Some even have a cdl already.
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The temp agencies I have called speak very limited English. More engrish. I got frustrated and hung up. Go figure.
Our temp has very sexy English speaking girls in the office
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Get one of them to work for you. At least they might be easy on the eyes.Our temp has very sexy English speaking girls in the office
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We have the same problem. Boss starts them at 10 and if they actually work it's 12 after a day or two. They learn how to tie one damn knot and expect to make 15-20. Hell I worked for 3 years to make 10 an hour and I was climbing after 3 months. Of course I can now tell them that I've been doing this longer than they have been alive, but still.
Apparently I need to ask for a raise...
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I'm sure you're making way more than you're worth as it is. lol.
God,, just imagine how much it would suck to work for you at $18 an hour!! Yikes. just saying..
Hah I don't think soooo...
I do eat about 20 bucks of candy out of the office stash a week though so it's like I make 50 cents an hour more
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