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Master Plumber
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If you hire an apprentice, unless you go the route of the rooter companies and create 6 week wonders, he is going to be a liability for a long time, because YOU will still have to do all the work, while he rides around with you seeing how you do it. And since he is not doing anything productive, you cannot put his time on your invoice. Once he does become productive, you will have to furnish a fully stocked vehicle and double your gas and maintenance bills. Normally, your workload has to be well beyond what you can do yourself before it justifies an additional worker. The normal route, if you already have employees, is to start paying them overtime to take up the excess until there is enough demand to warrant the additional cost of adding an employee.
If you hire an apprentice, unless you go the route of the rooter companies and create 6 week wonders, he is going to be a liability for a long time, because YOU will still have to do all the work, while he rides around with you seeing how you do it. And since he is not doing anything productive, you cannot put his time on your invoice. Once he does become productive, you will have to furnish a fully stocked vehicle and double your gas and maintenance bills. Normally, your workload has to be well beyond what you can do yourself before it justifies an additional worker. The normal route, if you already have employees, is to start paying them overtime to take up the excess until there is enough demand to warrant the additional cost of adding an employee.