I had my cleaning company for 17 years now. I have had my fair share of good employees. My longest serving couple has been 12 years. Then I had some team members for 4+ years. While I do not want them to leave as it is hard to find good team members with our core values, I find that they do run their course due to the nature of the job.
What have you implemented that helped your business to keep and engage long term good employees?
TIA
It's always good to find out why they are leaving and do what your company can do to take that edge off. If its family time or issues, adapt their start or finish time. If its issues with another employee, revise the schedule. If it is money, incentivise them with some commission. Whatever the issue is I am sure there is a creative solution that makes sense for you and an employee.
Sometimes too you just have to let them leave, the open road is calling. Maybe the industry isn't for them anymore.
Keeping someone who doesn't want to stay can become toxic, but a long standing employee leaving can be toxic too.
Sometimes you got to just take your medicine and keep moving forward. Ahhhhhhh, the joys of business ownership no one really talks about!
pay them at least $150 per day to start. The #1 factor in a crew member is starting pay and frequency of pay.
