Scheduling Garage Door Installs with a Crew That's Always Late

Man, managing these employees for garage door jobs is turning into a total crap-show. I've got a three-man crew that can't seem to show up on time for installs, especially when we're dealing with heavy Clopay sectional doors that need precise alignment from the start. Last week we had back-to-back jobs, one a residential replacement with torsion springs, and they dragged their feet on the opener wiring, pushing everything an hour behind. I tried using Jobber for scheduling routes, but half the time they ignore the app notifications and show up whenever. It's pissing off customers who expect a full day of work, not excuses. Watched a video from Project Farm on better time management tools, might need to invest in some GPS trackers for the vans. Anyone else dealing with this?

scheduling is for chumps, just fire the lazy ones and train apprentices on Clopay installs yourself. fight me if you think micromanaging works.

PSA: never trust your crew without backup plans for delays on spring adjustments. had a torsion snap once because we rushed, nearly took out a guy.

same here, my opener install team is chronically late too. feels like herding cats on every job.

frustrated as hell with my own crew ignoring schedules for those damn extension spring jobs. makes me wanna quit the whole thing.

picture this: crew shows up late, customer offers beer instead of complaining. turned a bad day into a party, lol.

get 'em on a strict route with Housecall Pro, set penalties for tardiness. cut my delays in half on commercial installs.

warning: loose scheduling led to a bent track on a big Clopay job last month. inspect everything twice before leaving the shop.

ugh, my guys pull the same BS on every opener retrofit. it's exhausting.

totally get the crew headache, especially with heavy doors. hang in there.