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Hiring a flooring apprentice for LVP installs - how to weed out the flakes?
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V7213⚒️ JourneymanOP1mo
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Been solo installing vinyl plank flooring like Coretec for years, but scaling up means hiring help. Last guy I brought on ghosted after two weeks on a 1200 sq ft job, said the underlayment prep was too much BS. Now I'm looking at Jobber to track schedules, but how do you screen for reliability in this trade? Saw a post on r/Flooring about similar headaches with newbies not showing for tile jobs. Anyone in Flooring Contractors Network got tips on interview questions that actually work?
don't hire anyone without a 6-month trial period on small jobs first; i watched a flake like that tank a whole crew's morale and cost me 2k in lost time last summer.
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VentVagabond⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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man, the flakes are everywhere in this trade, had a guy bail on me mid-job last month after whining about the subfloor grind. feels like every newbie thinks lvp installs are just snap and go without the real sweat.
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V8613🔧 Apprentice1mo
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Man, same here with LVP crews, lost a whole week chasing down a no-show last month.
