Especially go after the part time employees making $13.50 an hour.
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Italy is calling!Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 1:13 pmEspecially go after the part time employees making $13.50 an hour.
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Don't have any of those people.Chef Boi RD wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 1:13 pmEspecially go after the part time employees making $13.50 an hour.
We hire off the street starting at $30.00.
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Was kidding. You’re generous, I couldn’t justify hiring green kids at $30.00 an hour. It’s $25.00 where I start with kids still on the tit who have never swung a hammer which is absolutely painful for me at that.
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Yeah....I found 30 to be the magic number where it became an opportunity for less shit and more moldable clay.
It's up to them at that point.
They can put in an effort & be making upwards of $45 in 3 - 5 years or down the road in 3 months.
$25 is a solid number though.
Still need to weed out the riff raff as you well know.
It's up to them at that point.
They can put in an effort & be making upwards of $45 in 3 - 5 years or down the road in 3 months.
$25 is a solid number though.
Still need to weed out the riff raff as you well know.
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I prefer to Riff Raff the weed out instead
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Hard part for me is that labour is the most contentious line item of all the line items. It’s a challenge. Clients have a limit yet guys want $$$ more than they deserve.donlever wrote: ↑Fri Oct 03, 2025 4:04 pm Yeah....I found 30 to be the magic number where it became an opportunity for less shit and more moldable clay.
It's up to them at that point.
They can put in an effort & be making upwards of $45 in 3 - 5 years or down the road in 3 months.
$25 is a solid number though.
Still need to weed out the riff raff as you well know.
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Do you have bonus structure in place for jobs that come in under budget?
You have been known to riff raff more than just weed there Portlandia Cuz.
You have been known to riff raff more than just weed there Portlandia Cuz.
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The best way I have experienced in a competitive market to keep dudes around is annual retention bonuses and generous benefits.
Wage scales aren't the end all be all for the type of people you want to retain (stable, youngish but not too young family oriented folks).
Give them teeth and beer goggles Donny
Wage scales aren't the end all be all for the type of people you want to retain (stable, youngish but not too young family oriented folks).
Give them teeth and beer goggles Donny
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Yeah...I'm not having manpower issues.
Well over100 field people working for me in BC alone.
Another 60 in Alberta.
Was more trying to get into Dudes wheelhouse on the subject.
But yes, I agree, project and annual bonus payouts based on individual job profitabilty, y/e bottom line net as well as overall performance works wonders.
We also bonus out based on other items.
I.e. tool and equipment and vehicle condition post season.
Estimator/account manager, superintendent, coordinators and office staff are handled much the same way.
Well over100 field people working for me in BC alone.
Another 60 in Alberta.
Was more trying to get into Dudes wheelhouse on the subject.
But yes, I agree, project and annual bonus payouts based on individual job profitabilty, y/e bottom line net as well as overall performance works wonders.
We also bonus out based on other items.
I.e. tool and equipment and vehicle condition post season.
Estimator/account manager, superintendent, coordinators and office staff are handled much the same way.
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This is what is happening in the US now; Gestapo at work, trampling constitutional rights, completely ignoring the 4th amendment.
Stand your ground? Nah, if anyone had pulled a gun against the masked terrorists kicking down the door to their apartment in the dead of the night they would have been shot dead on the spot.
https://youtu.be/RlZGOgMIDIw?si=-TGOUAs6to3bBHWZ

Stand your ground? Nah, if anyone had pulled a gun against the masked terrorists kicking down the door to their apartment in the dead of the night they would have been shot dead on the spot.
https://youtu.be/RlZGOgMIDIw?si=-TGOUAs6to3bBHWZ

‘the smaller Aegean islands’ means any islands in the Aegean Sea except the islands of Crete and Evia.
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Remember, the people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
The people who arrested her and sent her to Bergen Belsen were following the law.
Human rights are always more important than the law.
And at the Nuremberg trials, ”I was just following orders” was not accepted as an excuse.
‘the smaller Aegean islands’ means any islands in the Aegean Sea except the islands of Crete and Evia.
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Meanwhile, at the golden dome - the White House
“WAR-RAVAGED PORTLAND!!!”
The Trump administration is looking to deploy federal troops to Oregon’s largest city while withholding federal funds and launching an investigation into its police department because a pro-Trump influencer was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight there late Thursday.
Trumps little minion - Bullshit Barbie:
Karoline Leavitt - the President had set his mind to ending the “radical left reign of terror” that had taken over Portland!!
Karoline Leavitt - “We will NOT fund states that allow anarchy!”
“Trump should be using every excuse possible in the book to defund leftist cities like this!”
Meanwhile Trump pushes justice department to prosecute his political opponents “they will all be investigated!”
“WAR-RAVAGED PORTLAND!!!”
The Trump administration is looking to deploy federal troops to Oregon’s largest city while withholding federal funds and launching an investigation into its police department because a pro-Trump influencer was arrested after allegedly getting into a fight there late Thursday.
Trumps little minion - Bullshit Barbie:
Karoline Leavitt - the President had set his mind to ending the “radical left reign of terror” that had taken over Portland!!
Karoline Leavitt - “We will NOT fund states that allow anarchy!”
“Trump should be using every excuse possible in the book to defund leftist cities like this!”
Meanwhile Trump pushes justice department to prosecute his political opponents “they will all be investigated!”
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Gestapo USA!Per wrote: ↑Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:05 am This is what is happening in the US now; Gestapo at work, trampling constitutional rights, completely ignoring the 4th amendment.
Stand your ground? Nah, if anyone had pulled a gun against the masked terrorists kicking down the door to their apartment in the dead of the night they would have been shot dead on the spot.
https://youtu.be/RlZGOgMIDIw?si=-TGOUAs6to3bBHWZ
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The numbers are in on Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill - Anyone 60 years old and making $75k a year will see an $841 increase to monthly insurance premiums.
Interesting
Interesting
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