It’s a story I’m hearing a lot lately from pumpers. Well, I’ve been hearing it for years, frankly, but it’s becoming all too common.
“I can’t find anyone to work for me, so I’ve sold off the extra truck and I’m doing all the service calls by myself,” one of our small-business contractors told me in a recent phone call. “Unfortunately that means I have to work more hours and I rarely get to see the family.”
So he’s exchanged one labor headache — finding and retaining drivers; for another — 12-hour days and missing out on family time.
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