Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

Should A Lawncare Company Hire Teenagers? #shorts

28 Oct 2021 · 1 min

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Mike Andes answers whether a lawncare company should hire teenagers part time. He is generally not a big fan based on his company’s mixed experiences: 15–17 year olds often show lower reliability (frequent no-shows) because they "don't need the money," though some 16–17 year olds can outperform older workers. Teenagers can be useful for weekend or light tasks (cleaning trucks, fueling vehicles) when they are known and responsible; overall success rate in his experience is low.

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Would you recommend hiring a teenager part time? I'm not a huge fan. We have not had a lot of very good experience with people that are teenagers, especially under 18, just because they don't need the money. Typically. Now every situation is different and I've seen 16 and 17 year olds outworked 25 year olds every day of the week, so it really comes down to the person. But we have not had a very good percentage of success rate when it comes to 15, 16 year olds working for us. Sometimes they do a good job on the weekends, like cleaning up the trucks, fueling up the vehicles. If you know them, they're really responsible, but typically they don't need the money and they'll call out a lot of times.