He was 2 minutes LATE....

[@jacobshandymantreeservicel2522]

This was legit. Loved exactly this. The behind the scenes of running a productive business! The little gems you drop along the way about perception and issues really reveals clarity on a lot! Please keep doing more like this. The interview process and everything was so cool to see and even your analysts of someone’s body language! Very smart grass cutter indeed! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Tobynsocks]

It is absolutely not allowed in my area too call a reference and ask why someone was fired. If you get found out it is literally grounds for a lawsuit. When you call a reference you're only allowed to ask how they were on the job. You're not allowed to ask why they left or if they were issues nothing like that. Also how do you know the reference is being honest with you I have worked for people who will dog and employee who is a good worker but left for whatever reason and the employer was butthurt they left

[@MAXCODumpsters]

What a stupid rule. If you have half a brain you should understand that if they fired the person they're probably going to say not so great things, but you can also assume that up front and take everything with a grain of salt.

[@eastendmafia]

If a landscaper showed up on my property early and clear eyed, I would kindly asked him to leave.

[@michaelnienaber8263]

Aint that the truth.

[@alphapyro360]

🤣

[@Alchemy.Gaming]

"Sorry landscapers can't show up 2 minutes late to a lawn. They also definitely never smoke weed."

[@deant3980]

My lawn mower guys are total weed smokers and run an awesome professional business. And do rap videos on the weekends. I'd hire them all day every day.

[@kennethalynn]

What was the guys response when you said "seriously?"

[@robbs96]

2 min can be a difference in clocks not synced. you could have lost out on a realy good employee

[@jacobshandymantreeservicel2522]

Possibly true. But why not show up 10 minutes early? To allow for small insignificant variables????

[@robbs96]

@@jacobshandymantreeservicel2522 maybe he left 10min early for unexpected traffic or whatever, then came accross said traffic? He should have been given an interview and asked, not just dismissed.

[@michaelmerck7576]

@@robbs96 true,you never know when the dot will decide to close 3 lanes on an interstate on a Saturday like it did with me just last week

[@dwightmitchell1464]

Most people use their cell phones for the time. Not really a valid argument this day and age...

[@marcelinopacheco6002]

Wow. You are very wise Mr. Andes. Greeting from. Phoenix Az!

[@cleancutslawncare]

“Are you serious?” Lol yup, I woulda done the same thing

[@evanoldhoff4904]

I used to show up for work 5 minutes late every day on purpose. For 10 years. I was the most consistent worker for the company. Until I quit because I realized my value. Do it for yourself. Not for guys like this.

[@peterduce2818]

Agreed. No place for people with excuses. Creates a culture of excuses

[@Tobynsocks]

When I do interviews I look for eye contact quick responses that are on topic without a lot of rambling. But the most important part is how someone talks whether they oversell themselves or throw other people under the bus as to why they left. Or talk s*** about the previous employer for no reason unprompted as a red flag. Also if anyone ever uses the line on the kind of guy who.. never hire that person. I will always start an employee a dollar or two less than I want to pay them and tell them they need to prove that they can do all the things they say they can do and then I will put them up. Covers my end on training and allows me to not get in a situation where I'm overpaying someone who oversold themselves

[@dwightmitchell1464]

You're missing out on good employees buy not paying what they're worth up front.

[@Tobynsocks]

@@dwightmitchell1464 have you hired anyone in this industry? From what I've seen 75% of people exaggerate their abilities

[@dwightmitchell1464]

@@Tobynsocks fire them. You don't want a liar working for you, do you?

[@Tobynsocks]

The main conundrum stems from the fact that when someone says they can weed whack Maybe they can use a weed wacker but can they weed whack professionally the way we do that's where the difference comes in. Yeah I know how to mow a lawn but there's a difference between mowing a lawn for Mom and Dad or trying to do it professionally to make money. Unfortunately some of the abilities are subjective

[@christianjon8064]

You need a drivers a license and a clean piss test. The pay on that needs to be around $35/hr unless it’s some teenage kid who doesn’t know any better. You’re lucky to get what you get. I definitely wouldn’t wanna be running this type of business in this environment.

[@christianjon8064]

Especially on the west coast where housing just doubled in the past couple years. You need a kid who lives with his parents because you’re not really paying a living wage.

[@christianjon8064]

Marijuana is legal in Washington.

[@marcelinopacheco6002]

Yeah it’s legal, but It’s just best to be sober minded. Especially in the landscaping business

[@alexsutton9985]

@@marcelinopacheco6002 lol yeah but by that logic you shouldn’t allow them to drink either which is ridiculous. Do what you want off hours as long as it doesn’t impact work and you aren’t being a POS. Id rather my employees smoke weed at night than drink, they wont come in hungover.

[@christianjon8064]

@@marcelinopacheco6002 hahah dude it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to mow lawns. You pretty much gotta be high to do it.

[@christianjon8064]

@@alexsutton9985 yeah trust me you want me coming in after a night of smoking versus a night of drinking.

[@jeff-r9z]

Actually he doesn’t want you to come in at all. Check his current situation and mindset vs your own. Which one seems to be working best?

[@phelpshero2454]

You could maybe use those rail road things as the parking space thing so you know how far to pull up when you park the trucks

[@Locoking2015]

It's funny to see your supporters on this page agree with you yet on Facebook everyone was dogging you the hell out. Worried about your perfect little team. I use to be a fan but anymore its a joke. Avaid drug user it's weed!! Some ppl do have a card for that. I smoke everyday and it don't effect me

[@MikeAndes]

I hadn’t noticed the Fb… I just went over there now 😀 The difference is the 200K people on Fb that watched it don’t know the back story of the business. Most subs on YT here do

[@GXOUT]

Everyone hating on Mike: "mY pOt heAd woRKsr do GRat.." "2 MiNutEs...?!?!" Mike: also swimming in Benjamin's. Who are you going to listen to?

[@kr3wdog06]

"In order to understand the weed you have to become the weed. Smoke thy weed and become all knowing and powerful"

God damn Mike, You are ruthless. I am almost always late at everything, from a few minutes to a hour. But it's a laws of landscape business . It would be awesome if You would make some videos about communication with customers, potential clients, body language and similar stuff. :)

@@riverrat3269 Nope.

[@phelpshero2454]

Where do you keep 4 mil. Would I invest it to hold the money or put it in the bank?

[@jtm324]

Hi Mike, great video. You mentioned a upcoming or current recession. Is it still a good time to go into lawn care business ie mow, trim, edge? It seems people might scale back in a recession and mow their own lawns. Here in Florida, we mostly have to mow year round.

[@EtwasMartin]

Following your logic of "if he is 2 minutes late to the interview, he will also be late for work": 5:52 that office trailer looks horrible. If you can't handle your shop right, you also wont handle your crew right.

[@Likethetacosauce]

You obviously haven't watched how his business has evolved over time.

[@ToxicBrew112]

I agree with his principles but the guy looks like he just moved out of his parents house. I feel like people only brag about firing someone because its their first time lol

[@MikeAndes]

🤣

[@anthonys5153]

I don’t like how that random dude walks in without knocking while you’re in the middle of the interview.

[@Anthonyk747]

I've done it. If my lunch is in that fridge and your interview is blocking my designated lunch break, then you better damn well believe that you're not gonna get in my way. I don't care if you're the Owner or my immediate Manager/Boss.

[@anthonys5153]

@@Anthonyk747 Did you knock? If you didn't then that is very rude, as an owner of a business I always knock no matter the circumstance instead of being entitled and barging in.

[@eddieh6429]

Agree with everything you said 💯!

[@landmarkcreations1183]

The Tigran part with the laugh at the end 😂😂

[@Anthonyk747]

I only start showing up late for work if it takes all my might and will power to leave my house because I REALLY don't want to go to work for that place! Love the job? Show up early. Hate the job or the manager? Show up late or... never, again.

[@wiplashxd9178]

Look bud its your company and your company name you run it how you see fit tbh. With me and people who smoke weed it really just depends on how the person cares them self and if they take care of their self tbh. I smoked weed for most my life and was 1 of the hardest works anywhere i went and i know peoplw who smoke weed who are just lazy bums so it depends tbh. I dont worry bout it no more cause we run a business and i can do what i want but for hiring people it just depends. But definitely no other drugs other than God given weed or your gone period point blank. But yea screw people tripping out about how you interview or the people you wont hire you have a successful business and what 150 franchise locations so your obviously doing something right so keep it up bud. God Bless you.

[@derekarsenault3660]

simple lazy people will be lazy with or without weed. my dad smokes when he comes to visit ill wake up to piss at 6 am and look outside and for no reason my dad is already outside pushing a wheel barrel I will tell him he is visiting and to chill no chance he must work and fix and organize its a personality trait.

[@joaquinben4458]

Hey Mike great interview!!!

[@joezupko]

It’s very rare for weed smokers to do it just once in a while. From my experience being in that whole world it’s sadly an everyday thing for most people… I would not trust them to be working out in the field like that haha Maybe if they were standing around in an empty retail store all day it could work

[@FroisonControl]

I had a virtual interview and my cat shut my computer off immediately when it started...I knew I wasn't getting the job but did the interview anyways. at least got the experience from interviewing lol no win situation there. still looking for a job and I'm usually sitting in the calls about 10-15 min early :(

[@charlesbaldwin3618]

Very good info thanks

[@michaelcarydakis790]

most lawn mower guys are tired and sore so being hard on them is worse its a grub job to at times and there's no fun looking at grass all day either so i guess thats why its tough i mow my own i would struggle to do 10 a day as a franchise you would need to make ends meet .

[@DS-TRUCKS]

Very interesting! Most likely a smoker!

[@yota87truck]

CapitalOne is AWESOME!

[@Ajkendallmindsetmentor]

Love that card !!!! Spark baby All of our cash back goes to investing

[@wgwells]

Mike, I absolutely love your content. But I hate your video titles--the overdramatic clickbait makes me want to skip videos. People prize the quality of your videos, and I found you through your more straightforward video titles. This is meant as positive feedback as a huge fan of your work--I know you appreciate feedback that's offered sincerely. :)

[@MikeAndes]

👍🏻 One of the videos last week addressed why I do the attention grabbing titles ✅

[@wgwells]

@@MikeAndes Man, I'm so sorry, I missed it and still can't find it. But I'll check it out for sure!

[@MachadoTeam]

Mike..............el curso de landscape tambien esta en espanol?

[@strategiclawncare2428]

Get ‘em Mike!

[@germanmartinez848]

Your so underrated bro.

[@braulioparamo4838]

Easy hire 👍

[@andrewvaughan9968]

You should look into turning those railroad ties into a raised garden bed!!

[@danceufo9256]

Yes and instead of making a project out of it, just stack them 3 high into a square, then fill. Did this once and was loads easier than using rebar. Still standing and looks good

[@willieslawncareservice.8436]

😜👍👍👍you are right 100%

[@TrevorPhipps-vw6kr]

120 seconds late and you won’t give them an interview? Well then If I worked for you I’d say if my paycheck is more then 1 second late I won’t work till you give me a $200 late fee. Can’t have it both ways bud

[@anthonys5153]

I would never hire you… good luck with that entitled attitude.

[@jerrodg938]

This guy probably trying to get unemployment. Trying to fail this interview lol

[@Tobynsocks]

Oh man I definitely want to stay at an Airbnb that's right next to a landscape company. Those mornings won't suck LOL maybe I'm missing something

[@MikeAndes]

🤣🤣

[@Tobynsocks]

@@MikeAndes on the other hand though Mike if any of your guys ever get in a fight with their spouses and need a place to crash you got them covered

[@stephenschufeldt9132]

I agree, if you can’t show up to an interview on time, you are not the right person to hire!

[@zk4654]

Interview the man then don’t hire him. Don’t act like a bloody wanker over 2 minutes

[@TrevorPhipps-vw6kr]

Disagree that guy could’ve been your best employee but you never gave him a chance to explain

[@samedguvenc4258]

Yeah but going to the guy saying are u serious? Why didn't you share the reaction that u receive that's what I'm wondering :D

[@eastendmafia]

Because it probably was an honest response and mike knows that people would not agree with his actions.

[@samedguvenc4258]

@@eastendmafia i don't agree with an approaches like that that's what I can tell. My opinion is if someone is late say sorry timing is everything for us we would like to work someone is on time. Not are u serious :D

[@eastendmafia]

@@samedguvenc4258 exactly. You would think someone like mike would be a lot more professional in that scenario. Wasnt he running late to his meeting in the last video? lol a little hypocritical

[@samedguvenc4258]

@@eastendmafia agree to disagree my friend :)

[@erikdelorge6591]

I thought he was 2 min late to work lol

11:27 It does looks like Russian and Ukraine flags or it's just me?

[@itsluccicuz]

You cut grass 😂 it’s never this serious

[@erikdelorge6591]

He runs a business. Employees cut grass. His job is to find employees who.can be somewhere at a specified time. It helps to run a business

[@TrevorPhipps-vw6kr]

@@erikdelorge6591yes but at the same time he’s taking this “business” to serious. He need to lose in up a bit just because he’s 2 min late dosent always mean he’s going to be late. I wouldn’t work for a guy this strict and not willing to hear out an employee

[@bitehunter122]

I wish you would send all prospective applicants this video, so they know where you stand in advance. That way, you can better weed out not-ready-for-daytime, potential employees. This is a heads-up video just to be nice and non-exclusionary. ?!

[@Tobynsocks]

That blind squirrel is right twice a day

[@jerrodg938]

This guys not getting hired

[@familyownedlawncareservices]

At least he didn't say I put my smoke out before I walked up lolol . He could be the guy that showed up everyday 30 min early to smoke in the parking lot and got fired. Hire him lolol jk

[@KasparrTV]

Lmao 2 minutes ain’t that deep.

[@omarmarquez4388]

Andes >>> Tigran

[@blackhoodiefitness5862]

😂 week ago

[@seamunke]

Mike is a spiritual boomer

[@bentonja668]

No

[@trentneville2273]

🤣🤣

[@josesegura2170]

😂😂😂😂