A friend and the owner-operator of a small excavating company and I were talking about his workload the other day. He has one helper in a successful two-person operation installing sewer laterals, doing prep work for onsite systems and performing other miscellaneous digging work.As you might expect and can probably relate to, this fella works sunup to sundown most days and he’s hesitant to turn work away when new customers come calling. Yet he doesn’t feel comfortable leaving his No. 2 to tackle any of the work alone. Consequently, he and his lovely wife/bookkeeper don’t get time off for vacations,
Why is Today's Workforce So Lazy?
In today’s workforce, not enough young people want to roll up their sleeves and perform the manual labor that built this great land. I wish I knew why.
Aug 20, 2014
| by Jim Kneiszel |
