Pros
Decent pay, full time, "independent work", commission on sales you make.
Cons
I put [independent work] in quotes for a reason. Yes, you are on your own, but you are micromanaged to a T. Your every step, every breath is tracked. Think NSA on steroids. Sounds fun right? You have no control over your route, so if you are sent an hour away to service one lawn and end up being over your "allowed time" well you're just out of luck. You're given a certain time to complete each stop. The size of the yard determines the time you get on that yard. Sounds reasonable right? Here's the kicker: Yards are sold much smaller than they actually are so guys can make a sale. So a yard that would take you 25 minutes to do is shown as taking you 10 minutes because a 25,000 sq ft yard was sold as a 10,000 sq ft yard. Guess who pays for that? Are we having fun yet? Say you get a lot of those yards in your route that day. Well Mr. Manager looks at your time and says you're taking too long. Maybe even discipline you... For something completely out of your control... These are the fun shenanigans we like to get into here... Hard labor, pulling a hose for ~15-20 miles/day, unorganized, set to failure, being blamed for things out of your control. Unfair and unreasonable expectations placed on you. GPS on your tablet consistently sends you to wrong addresses, making you late which means you'll be over your "allowed hours" and get talked to or disciplined for... Just a few things, I could definitely go on but I hope this gives you some incite into what you're in store for should you choose to come here.
