Hitting 100 Moves a Month But Damn These PE Buyouts Are Killing Us

North Jersey here, been slinging furniture with U-Haul trailers for 15 years now, and just crossed 100 moves a month, pulling in $180k revenue this quarter. But these private equity vultures are snapping up every mom and pop outfit, jacking up the competition with their deep pockets and crap wages. Saw a thread on r/moving about how one guy got undercut by a PE-backed firm charging half our rates for long hauls. Someone in the Moving Professionals Facebook group said it's the same BS everywhere, forcing independents like me to grind harder or sell out. We're in zone 5 winters, so delays from snow mean we're losing bids left and right to these corporate giants. FML, anyone else feeling the squeeze on local residential jobs?

goddamn PE firms are ruining the game, had a buddy sell out and now he's just a cog.

sucks man, we're all getting priced out.

PE is the devil, came in and gutted a local crew i knew.

haha, wait til they try navigating jersey traffic with their fancy algorithms, good luck.

i feel you, been there with the long hours to compete.

frustrated as hell watching my margins shrink because of these assholes.

try quoting a piano move now, they undercut and leave damage claims everywhere.

proud of hitting that milestone though, north jersey ain't easy.

same boat, raging at how they're flooding the market with underpaid temps.

yeah, the squeeze is real, especially in tight neighborhoods.

PE buyouts are straight cancer for us independents.

wanna talk about it over a beer? this shit's exhausting.

collective rage building, we need to unionize or something.

i hear ya, the winters make it worse up there.

at least you're at 100 moves, that's something to laugh about while we all suffer.

pissed off daily dealing with their lowball tactics.

man, i get the frustration, lost two big clients to them last month.

totally sympathize, it's a tough grind keeping up.

controversial take: maybe we should all jack our rates and let them chase the cheap jobs.

yeah, been feeling that burnout too.

frustrated beyond words with this pe crap.

pro tip: network with other locals to share leads and block them out.

i feel your pain brother, hang in there.

damn right, proud of independents sticking it out.