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PestFreeCanada
Contributor 4
28 days ago

Are YOU a good employee, would you hire YOURESELF?

Someone tole me when I started out on my own "You need to be your best employee. Would you hire yourself?" I took that lightly at the time but as I started to grow it really hit home. If the day was quiet and I had no more jobs to do, was I going home or was I knocking on doors? Visiting people I know? Canvassing the neighbourhood I was in? Was I truly acting as if I really wanted and needed this job?

It's hard to ask your team to do all that when you aren't doing it yourself! I think about it daily, if I am the employee I want to hire. I feel like it will help me look for new employees when that time comes.

5 Replies

  • katebrownell86's avatar
    katebrownell86
    Contributor 3
    8 days ago

    It really comes down to being honest with yourself. If you expect your team to show up on time, work hard even when things are slow, and treat customers well, then you need to hold yourself to those same standards. The strongest leaders are the ones who set the example.

  • judithvirag's avatar
    judithvirag
    Builder 1
    25 days ago

    Great question.  I think just like our employees I do have my ups and downs.  I do get up each day and try to do the very best I can.   My company has been growing stadily for 16 years so just for dedication I would hire myself LOL

  • RichardM's avatar
    RichardM
    Contributor 4
    25 days ago

    You need to be your best employee. Would you hire yourself?

    Interesting question, with a few ways to look at it. 

    When I was in my 20's I was a physically hard worker who listened to instructions well. I would run circles around the other employees. And I could repeat that output daily. I would hire a team of what I 'used to be' of me back then. 

    When I was in my 30's I honed my quoting and customer service skills. My follow-up and landing rates were great! I could use a strong quoting team now that follows through as I used to. 

    Now that I am in my late 40's, I wouldn't want another whole one of me around. But I could use multiple task-oriented staff to take some of the pressure off me. 

  • julie's avatar
    julie
    Jobber Community Team
    24 days ago

    wow, this is a great thought provoking question

  • DannyM's avatar
    DannyM
    New Member
    20 hours ago

    Tbh this question was always at the back of my mind. Yes I did want the best team, but the best team would require a leader they can look up to and learn from. It's quite the thing because I had to constantly improve myself to be able to cater for their needs and put them through when they got stuck. 

    Now I've got an amazing team, and I believe it's all thanks to my being able to be helpful to not just the biz but to them.

    I'll definitely hire myself if I found another me.