Establishing individual employee goals and objectives can be stressful for many companies, especially if this is a new concept. Employees often resent...
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Punch the Clock: 4 Ways to Handle Habitually Late Employees
What are some of the characteristics of a truly exemplary employee? Surely high on the list would be just showing up —...
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Are You a Helicopter Manager?
It’s a dilemma any business leader faces: How do you effectively manage your employees without veering into hovering, nitpicking or interfering with...
Blogs
Has the Ebola Scare Spread to the Septic Sector?
The Ebola virus has now hit a few Americans, and concern is spreading among citizens. As onsite wastewater and septic pumping professionals,...
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Are You Listening to Your Field Technicians?
It’s easy to bark orders or tell people how they ought to be doing their job. Real listening, on the other hand,...
Editorial
Help Employees Embrace Changes In The Workplace
Is your company rolling out a major change? Restructures, mergers, new systems and new business lines are the norm as companies move...
Blogs
Do Your Drivers Make Left Turns?
When you’re at your busiest, you need to be at the height of service route optimization.If your service technicians head out in...
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Storm Season: 6 Ways to Save Your Portable Toilet Business
When the word goes out that a hurricane, tornado, flood or other natural disaster is headed your way, what can you do...
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Last Call! Best Industry Trade Show Needs Your Help
We need portable restroom and septic pumping professionals! Plans are moving full-speed ahead for Water & Wastewater Equipment, Treatment & Transport (WWETT) show...
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What’s an Accordion Business?
Everyone is a potential client. That means it’s vital to build solid relationships with everyone from salespeople to homeowners to real estate...
Blogs
Help Wanted: Portable Sanitation Speakers Needed!
We need portable restroom professionals! The PSAI normally provides education for the portable sanitation attendees — however, they have declined to participate...
Editorial
Change Your Ways
The late comedian Rodney Dangerfield won popularity with the catchphrase “I get no respect.” But it’s no laughing matter when you’re the...
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Are You Prepared to Fire an Employee?
Nobody likes to be fired, and very few of us enjoy firing others. Nevertheless, there are times in which this most definitive...
Blogs
$15 Minimum Wage Breaks Records
The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage — the highest big-city minimum wage in the U.S. — for workers...
















