Tyler Reske

Own a siding company. Mostly lurk to learn from people smarter than me but post my occasional brain wave

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@Benefitsguynick Thought about it.

Main issue is my main service area is somewhat rural so most competitors are self employed, with family members working for themselves.

Employees of bigger companies in the city (~35 mins from main area) don’t want to travel outside of it to work

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How is everyone finding employees?

Booked out more than I like and turning away new leads but cannot find candidates to interview, let alone hire

Tried Indeed, Facebook groups, posters at suppliers. Nothing.

Offering above average wage since we’re somewhat rural but no luck

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@Benefitsguynick Have a system like that in place, nothing has come from it

Common feedback is “everyone we would refer already has a career they like in a different industry, anyone that doesn’t, well we don’t want them to work with us”

Which I guess means we have a decent company culture

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@Brittonnorth Siding installers/ and or trainees

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@contractorkeith Employees, subs in my area are lacking in quality control…

Average for my area is $20-$22 for green (depending on if you have other construction experience) and $35-$45 for experienced or crew leads

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@lgsguy Never thought of using Facebook ads. My issue is I’m somewhat rural compared to most (~20 mins out of big city), and do mostly Reno’s while most want to do only new construction that do apply

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@BigDemoPrez

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@lgsguy Nothing worse than all the prep time

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Got this bad boy all fixed up with some Lux Lap V-Groove in Kona. Guys got a nice cash tip from the customer and I got a nice 5-star review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Turns out PVC soffit and heat doesn’t mix. If only the builder/architect thought of that before it was spec’d.

Now to quote a metal alternative.

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@dylthorn 32’s aren’t bad once you get used to it, 40’s on the other hand 😰🫣

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Don’t think I’ve ever seen 100% forecasted rain before.

Sucks to lose the working days but my phone always blows up with quote requests for new gutters so can’t complain 🤷‍♂️

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@lgsguy Looks great!

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Told by GC to put our downspouts wherever necessary to account for the building being out of level.

Homeowner then screamed at us when she came home as we were cleaning up because “they aren’t where I assumed they go”

I asked if she told anyone where she wanted them.

“No”

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@themfgfellow Carrier

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I guess it’s more of a requirement then a suggestion when they say to re-torque your lug nuts

Managed to find them all about a block down the road from where the tire flew off.

Fridays man…

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I’m one of the only companies in my industry/area that takes credit cards

99% of customers pay by E-Transfer/cheque.

I charge 2.4% for CC transactions (allowed by provincial law) and make the fee very clear.

100% of CC uses complain about not knowing about the fee beforehand

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@lgsguy Pasta with homemade sauce of sorts (can’t remember the name of it to save my life) curtesy of my better half

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One day I’ll remember to buy plastic utensils in my truck to use if I forget to bring real ones to eat my lunch with.

Today is not that day though so I might a spoon out of scrap again 🤷‍♂️

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@FrontierBDesign

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@joshkadkins Situations like this I imagine you just rebuild using the existing stone for cost effectiveness?