I see alot of the decline here being purely stubbornness and attitude. I screwed up and told every installer that if they have a better way for them to do it, then do it. I also let mopes train mopes.
I showed them things I do that speed things up like preterminating one end of the outdoor cable so when climbing up to test signal, once you find the mount, you can peak it, then just secure the cable on the way down, its only one climb for the most part. or as an alternate, do your testing, get it mounted, estimate the cable run and cut it to length in the van, poke the two ends through the divider and do the terminations from the warmth of the front seat (we do split runs using an SS as a demarc) their complaint was they arent good at estimating lengths, no problem, so i got them some nice flexible test cables marked with tape every ten feet, then they use that for an exact number. eliminates putting boxes back in the van, eliminates multiple trips back and forth what i get when ive audited them is, climb up and test, climb down to get a mount, climb up and mount, climb down to get cable, walk box of cable to tower or ladder, terminate, climb up and connect, climb down to get something climb up. climb down, do the rest of the install, then come back and fasten. It boils down to "im going to do it my way, not your way" like i said to them all, i dont care as long as the job gets done right and well. They only hear the first part. The two man crews just doubled the amount of wasted time, not to mention stopping to use the bathroom, stopping to smoke before leaving the shop, before getting to the customers, after leaving the customers, etc. pooping and smoking should be banned in the workplace and im a pooping smoker On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > The biggest problem I see with two man crews, is travel time - in a lot of > cases getting to the install and back takes as much, or more time than the > install itself. Safety seems more to be more of an argument for two man > crews than time - our guys often will team up on the more complicated > installs for that reason, but a typical install is just one man, and we > normally schedule three installs, but if travel time allows, he can easily > do four in a day... and a few service calls besides. > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:51 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < > thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Too many bottlenecks for two man crews. When I was the only installer, i >> had the option of pulling the partner company guy, but I would have to be >> able to cut the time in half or more, never could do that consistently, >> could get an hour down to 35 or 40 never a consistent benefit >> >> We just busted the two man crews to one because it was taking longer with >> two than with one, but thats just because of bottom of the barrel economics >> >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> I don’t have any evidence but I speculate that a two man crew could do >>> more than two one man crews. (If they don’t goof off due to being a two >>> man crew). Lots of things go faster with two. But I always had one man >>> crews. >>> >>> *From:* Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 04, 2016 10:42 AM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Installer Performance >>> >>> >>> In previous job, it was 4 a day plus repair calls with a 2 man crew >>> typically … >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *John Woodfield >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 4, 2016 11:57 AM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Installer Performance >>> >>> >>> >>> How many new installs can your guys get done in a day on average with a >>> single-man crew? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> John Woodfield, President >>> >>> Delmarva WiFi Inc. >>> >>> 410-870-WiFi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
