Pink camo, #dadbodhunter, and a whole lotta stupid!

[Nick87]

They are getting there. I have been training my foreman since he started in the industry a little over 3 years ago. In the job training by me every day. He can now run the job site when I am not there. He is in his early 20s though and still learning how to be a good leader and how to keep the ego in check. I handpick the jobs while I am gone, mostly commercial and municipal work where I can double check before billing. We hired his then girlfriend, now fiancé over the summer and she is a little firecracker. I’d put her up against most grown men! Still learning but a solid part of the team. They are great and work their butts off, part of the family! They hang out with my kids after work most days and even the occasional water fight in the afternoons. Biggest blessing of all is that I only work a 3 day work week in the field now. They work 5. I do bids, paperwork, and all the other business ownership stuff 7 days a week though before my kids wake up. Luckily we homeschool and they aren’t up till after 9am most days.

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Spending the majority of the week with my kids is the real stuff in life though! That is what really matters at the end of the day. Be involved in your kids lives, you don’t get a redo!

Amen. Good bosses are hard to find just like good help, maybe even harder. Hope it stays that way for all of you guys.