Recent Discussions
How to recruit to a rural location
I have tried the Canada job board, the BC job board, LinkedIn, my companies Facebook page, our local Trades Show, Word of Mouth and Community Contractors Facebook page with a paid incentive for a successful referral. I get many applicants from the Middle East and other international places that require new certifications, immigration, housing and more. I am a very small start up company and I can't hire without knowing it is a match that will work out. What are your tips?
Partial PTO Tracking?
We're looking at offering partial PTO to our hourly employees, i.e. 0.02 hours of PTO accrued per hour worked and an employee whose regular rate is $20/hour could use accrued PTO hours that would pay at 50% their regular rate, or $10/hour during PTO. I don't believe this is possible to track in Jobber. Is anyone else doing something like this? If so, how are you tracking PTO and is it integrated with Jobber timesheets?Building and Keeping a Team Engaged
Hi Everyone, I wanted to see how do you build your business? We are a mostly residential cleaning company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I say mostly residential because we also do some commercial cleaning but our main business is reoccuring cleaning. I have been plugging along for 15 years and it took me many tries to get the right people on the bus in my office. I find these people a blessing as I know with our size I would not be able to run it all on my own. Now we have our office admin (customer service, scheduling, social media, other tasks), supervisor (babysit the team, hiring - firing, performance management, quality assurance and feedback from clients) and part time sales rep (follow up on leads, networking). These people are solid and I wanted to ask how do you keep them engaged, invested and continously learning. What outside trainings worked for you team? What perks? Rewards? Thanks a million!
Paying Subs
I'm starting a home services technician/handyman business in my local area for those really small jobs that general contractors don't typically take on. I'd like to initially hire subs for the work where I share a percentage of the profits with them per job. For those using this model, what percentage seems fair in terms of compensation 60/40, 50/50, or some other type of profit split?Onbaording Software for new hires
I am in the process of hiring for my residential cleaning business. Is there any software that is like a database for keeping track of employees? I saw a software by Pipehire. I like the platform, but when I called to inquire I was not happy with how the person answered the phone. Made me question if it was legit or not. I am new at hiring so I just wanted to make sure I doing the process correctly and having a software with checklist to keep track would be helpful.
Creating/Implementing Crew Compensation Program
Hello all. I've seen several discussions on the different forms of crew compensation and wow, there are some great ideas out there! We a looking to role out a financial compensation plan, based more off of crew performance rather then the overall profitability of each job. If anyone has had success with this type of program, I'd love to hear how it was structured, introduced, and most importantly, how the team members felt about it. Thanks and have a productive day!
