In this conversational monologue, a franchise owner shares his personal experience running a pest‑control franchise, outlining the major advantages—working outdoors, flexible schedule that allows family time, higher profit margins than previous jobs, diverse and problem‑solving‑rich assignments, and the opportunity to build a family legacy for his three sons. He also acknowledges the challenges: the hard work required to build a business from scratch, the difficulty of switching off when you’re your own boss, and the constant worry about invoices and daily tasks. The speaker emphasizes the family‑run nature of the business, noting that the founder is his cousin and that spouses and siblings are involved, creating a supportive, non‑competitive franchise culture. He concludes with a call to action for prospective franchisees, inviting them to contact the company for more information.
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How can you not be happy? Look, the sun is shining, I'm outside in the air. It's, um, what is it? Just gone past 2, we're nearly done for the day. We've got days like this when you get the lackey along, I don't even have to work, so makes it very enjoyable. The pros of owning your own pest control business. So number 1 is for me working outside. I love working outside. I'm not in an office, I'm not in a factory. Every day is different, every day you get a different site, meet new people. That's what I like about it. What else? Flexibility. So owning my own business, I'm really flexible. Most days I'm home by 2, 3 o'clock, pick up the kids from school. It's been the best, best decision I've ever made is being able to spend more time around them, so I love that. What else? Profit margins. So I'm not working as hard as I used to, and I'm making same if not better— more likely better— money than I used to. I love the diversity of jobs. So, so many different pests to treat. And not only there's so many pests, each one of those services can be different from the last, even though it's the same pest, completely different. And then that also leads into the next part. So like problem solving, every single job can be different than the last. So You've actually got to get your, your investigator's hat on, I suppose, and work out why that pest is there. If I can work out why they're there, I can help solve the problem for the customer. And then you get that satisfaction, the reward. Not only is it financially rewarding, you get to help out people that were struggling with a problem that they didn't know how to fix. You come in, fix the problem for you, you feel good, they feel good, so it's win-win. There's 3 little cottages through there. There's— yep, and there's 3 stations, or should be 3 stations on the outside of each one. You'll find them on the sides and on the backs. So you got your son out today? Taking my son out today, getting school holidays, getting him off the couch, off the PlayStation. But he's, uh, learning the ropes as well. I suppose it's good for him to see if it's something that he'd like to do in the future. That's what I'm kind of building this for. I got 3 boys. I want to give them the option to possibly take this over. I'm building an asset that if they'd like to, they can take it over. Yeah, gives them options, I suppose. Cons? Yeah, so I'm not going to sugarcoat it. There are some cons to starting your own business, especially from scratch. It's hard work building a business from scratch. You really got to put in the hard work early. It's not just going to happen. Although we put all the systems and give you the knowledge, you still have to implement everything yourself. So you've got to put in the work early, but if you do that, the reward is there. So although it's a con, it leads to bigger and better things. What else? I guess coming from an employee-employer situation where you knocked off at a certain time and then you forgot about work, you didn't have to deal with that anymore. Being your own boss or running your own business, sometimes it can be hard to shut off. You're always worried about what you're going to do the next day, or is that invoice being paid, the report being written. But at the same time, again, all those cons, those things build to bigger and better things. So that's what we're actually doing this for. So you're not doing it in vain. There's a reason that you're doing it. But apart from that, I don't really think there are any other cons. It's such a rewarding decision, the best decision I've ever made. So it's something that I never thought I would do. I was working in a factory and not in a million years would you tell me that I would be one, running my own business, but then two, helping other people run their business. It's been the best decision, most rewarding decision I've ever made. So Other Local Guys, we are a family-run business. So the founder, Jarrad Goulding, is actually my cousin. So his wife works in the business, my wife works in the business. My brother owns his own franchise in the pest controlling division as well, so it is a really family-run business. But not only that, everyone in the group feels like family, and we try to instill that in all our franchise partners, that this is a family environment and we want everyone to feel like family. We are always there to pick each other up and help each other out. It's not competing against each other, it's working together. And that's the— I love that, that we've instilled those values into our franchise partners, and this is why this thing is so successful. Running a franchise business isn't for everyone, but if you're willing to put in the work, give it the time and effort that it deserves, listen to the processes and systems that we put in place, there's no reason that you can't turn this into very big things. I've actually got proof of franchise partners doing just that. So if you want to have a chat and see where we can help you, then give us a call. [MUSIC] [MUSIC]
