Employee pilfering

There are two kinds of people in the world. Those with character and those who are characters.

You can't teach integrity and honesty to a grown man. They either possess it or not.

This is why I always said I would prefer to hire the right kind of person with NO experience and train them rather than hire a highly experienced person with personal issues.

Employees charging you for services that they haven't rendered is the same as going to a restaurant paying for the meal and not getting the food. Stealing time is stealing money and that in my opinion should be a criminal offence.

I used to have the same problem for many years.

However, I finally figured out how to stop it.

I got rid of them all and became the "Chuck in a truck" you mentioned.

But I don't do roof replacements or any jobs that require a lot of labor.

Only skill oriented repairs which can be done by a single experienced roofer.

ME ;)

Exactly!

If it is blatantly lying and cheating, then they have to go.......or cut their wages 25% match their "exaggerations". But who wants to play that game?

So do I.....That's the problem.....They blatantly lie.....But, I'm held hostage as the labor pool has all but dried-up around here.

There is a lot of Chuck-in-a-truck operations, (including these guys - attempting to moonlight whenever opportunity knocks.

Unfortunately, the anticipated business model I envisioned, will simply not work in this small-town, no-license state, atmosphere....

We do the Honor System also. I have my finger on the pulse, so to speak, and I have a good idea where there hrs. should be almost everyday.