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Post by ferris1248 on Apr 20, 2024 12:20:40 GMT -5
I found them....mostly.
One of the best advice I received when going into business was to hire people smarter than you.
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Post by richm on Apr 20, 2024 16:44:05 GMT -5
Ii want to find the smart folks but am the lowest partner and am pretty much forced to hire the first qualified candidate. Gonna see how this unfolds.
I want to hite someone who wants my job. And then will train them innall aspects. And then hope the follow thru with it.
Cad you are right w the state cleanup program. I worked on nothing but that stuff 2012-2014. A lot of it comes down to funding. If they got money they do the drilling and assessments. No money and they sit.
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Post by jmarkb on Apr 20, 2024 22:48:18 GMT -5
I do not miss trying to find qualified employees. I wish I was done with that. Heck, I wish I could just find someone who actually understands that a full time job means you work 40 or more hours a week.
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Post by tampaspicer on Apr 22, 2024 11:03:45 GMT -5
What we basically do is find contamination like old gas stations and impacted soil or groundwater ahead of roadway or construction projects for some govt and county folks. A cemetery would qualify as a finding but we’ve yet to identify monkeys as a concern. We did find a cow named Ugmoo at a former petting zoo in Kissimmee, he was just ugly. I get the ticking clock thing. Do whatcha gotta do to keep thing functioning. The boyz at work reached out to their networks and started that process. I told a couple folks, an add on Indeed is next and will be right with a handful of similar ads. Hoping we can resolve this without too much stress. Might have to bring TRT in as a consultant regarding what to stay away from. My wife works for the state and handles old gas station contamination in some compacity.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 22, 2024 11:17:05 GMT -5
When I started in business a wise mentor told me “ You can never become wealthy working for someone else. Go into business for yourself. But remember if it was easy everyone would do it.”
That in itself would lead a person to believe that all of the most qualified candidates are out there doing it for themselves.
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Post by madm002 on Apr 22, 2024 12:00:44 GMT -5
For me the secret was hiring people who were much smarter than me, and had personalities of people I would take home to dinner. I can train the rest. The last 15 years before I retired, turnover was nil, except for the people who changed in mid course and becames people I did not want to have over for dinner.
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Post by richm on Apr 22, 2024 12:31:50 GMT -5
When I started in business a wise mentor told me “ You can never become wealthy working for someone else. Go into business for yourself. But remember if it was easy everyone would do it.” That in itself would lead a person to believe that all of the most qualified candidates are out there doing it for themselves. That sounds good but not everyone wants to take the risk and responsibility of owning their own firm. I did it for 4 years and wish I did not do that. Everyone who works here in a professional capacity has a chance to become an owner. They just need to earn it and if they worry about work/life balance over a couple weekends of work a year, they won't be earning it.
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Post by illinoisfisherman on Apr 22, 2024 13:03:14 GMT -5
Exactly. But the cream will usually rise to the top and become owners.
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Apr 22, 2024 13:10:41 GMT -5
What we basically do is find contamination like old gas stations and impacted soil or groundwater ahead of roadway or construction projects for some govt and county folks. A cemetery would qualify as a finding but we’ve yet to identify monkeys as a concern. We did find a cow named Ugmoo at a former petting zoo in Kissimmee, he was just ugly. I get the ticking clock thing. Do whatcha gotta do to keep thing functioning. The boyz at work reached out to their networks and started that process. I told a couple folks, an add on Indeed is next and will be right with a handful of similar ads. Hoping we can resolve this without too much stress. Might have to bring TRT in as a consultant regarding what to stay away from. My wife works for the state and handles old gas station contamination in some compacity. years back i tried to buy two old Little general stores. The cost of pulling the old tanks and the clean up killed the deal. i was younger then and just couldn't understand why you couldn't just leave it buried
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 22, 2024 13:12:06 GMT -5
For me the secret was hiring people who were much smarter than me, and had personalities of people I would take home to dinner. I can train the rest. The last 15 years before I retired, turnover was nil, except for the people who changed in mid course and becames people I did not want to have over for dinner. Amen.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 22, 2024 13:19:36 GMT -5
My wife works for the state and handles old gas station contamination in some compacity. years back i tried to buy two old Little general stores. The cost of pulling the old tanks and the clean up killed the deal. i was younger then and just couldn't understand why you couldn't just leave it buried Leaving it buried would be logical. But there is way too much money, in finding the contamination and forcing remediation. It's a whole industry now. As others have said, buying a corner lot on a busy highway, might be a good decision. Catching a $10 million clean up on that same lot. Not so good.
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Post by richm on Apr 22, 2024 13:28:41 GMT -5
years back i tried to buy two old Little general stores. The cost of pulling the old tanks and the clean up killed the deal. i was younger then and just couldn't understand why you couldn't just leave it buried Leaving it buried would be logical. But there is way too much money, in finding the contamination and forcing remediation. It's a whole industry now. As others have said, buying a corner lot on a busy highway, might be a good decision. Catching a $10 million clean up on that same lot. Not so good. Dealing with something similar to this on a roadway project. They couldn't figure out why that corner lot has been undeveloped for 10 yrs...
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Post by johngalt on Apr 22, 2024 14:00:27 GMT -5
The town of Port St. Joe Florida had a paper mill that was owned by St. Joe corporation. They closed it down over 24 years ago and had plans to turn the property into a marina, condos etc. it’s still vacant!🫣 They didn’t want to clean up their own mess. They were hoping the taxpayers would do it. Nope.
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Post by whitebacon on Apr 22, 2024 14:33:51 GMT -5
Leaving it buried would be logical. But there is way too much money, in finding the contamination and forcing remediation. It's a whole industry now. As others have said, buying a corner lot on a busy highway, might be a good decision. Catching a $10 million clean up on that same lot. Not so good. Dealing with something similar to this on a roadway project. They couldn't figure out why that corner lot has been undeveloped for 10 yrs... In my little world that was Hillsborough County, and Pasco, most buyers ran their due diligence through me. I didn't kill every project
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Post by cadman on Apr 22, 2024 16:51:07 GMT -5
years back i tried to buy two old Little general stores. The cost of pulling the old tanks and the clean up killed the deal. i was younger then and just couldn't understand why you couldn't just leave it buried Leaving it buried would be logical. But there is way too much money, in finding the contamination and forcing remediation. It's a whole industry now. As others have said, buying a corner lot on a busy highway, might be a good decision. Catching a $10 million clean up on that same lot. Not so good. Leaving it buried is illogical The petroleum will flow and spread. The good thing is, it floats on top of the water table.
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