Originally posted by LawnsRUsInc.
They have to pack a lunch "no stoping at mcD's" long lines at 12
How many hours a day do your guys work? You do realize it's a law that they get a lunch break at 8 hrs. and personally should be able to eat what and where they want. I understand they're in a truck with the crew, but if you cannot find a half hour for them to eat at a fast food joint, there's other issues within your company.
I'm all for efficiency, but I think these types of rules make employees a little less apt to have a good attitude. Think about it from their side. My wife got me into this type of thinking towards our employees. They need to be treated like people, not machines. Ever since I started this business, it's go time from sun up until past dark, and that is when I would eat. At 9 or 10 at night when I was done. I probably, on average, stop for lunch once every two weeks. I'll grab a sandwich from the cooler while there's a shovel in my other hand, but to actually stop somewhere to eat, unheard of. I just don't like to do it. My wife thinks I'm mental, which I may be. I also have to understand that our employees aren't me, nor do they want to be. I think if they thought like me, they'd have their own business.
Otherwise, on efficiency strategies, just stay organized by any and all means. Think two steps ahead and things should flow for the most part. Getting equipment to go at night is about the biggest time saver. In the morning all they have to do is get instructions and then take off.
