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Posted by Kevin Humphreys on February 17, 2011 at 10:54pm in Business Growth, Expansion, and Current Opportunit
Do you have a policy on not smoking while working? Is it allowed or do you reframe or ask your employees not to smoke while on customers properties wether it be commercial or residential customers? Obviously there are safety issues not to smoke while working as your dealing with chemicals and surrounded by landscaping that could be flammable but it also can look unprofessional if in the customers view. Im a non smoker and wouldn't allow employees to smoke while on the job but it would be okay in the vehicles if they needed to. I do see pool guys smoking on customers properties, whats your policy?
Kevin
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  • David Rockwell March 28, 2011 at 5:47pm

    It's not so bad as long as it's just tobacco...

     

     

     

  • Heather Linton March 28, 2011 at 2:12pm
    Our Employees are not allowed to smoke before arriving on the job or while on the job, Not until they are at least 1 mile away from the customers house.
  • Christian Spoerl February 23, 2011 at 1:20pm
    I just quit smoking, but my employees can smoke in the truck, not on the job.
  • Jeremy Hine February 22, 2011 at 7:18am

    No smoking on customer's property or in company vehicles.  I've got two really good guys as my director's of first impressions, we've got to look good and smell good.

     

    -Jeremy

    Florida Leisure Pool & Spa

    www.FloridaPoolSpa.com

  • Matt Cellura February 21, 2011 at 5:02am
    Agreed scott.  Not hiring because someone is a smoker removes a lot of people from the pool.  I am alright with whatever restrictions you want to place on your employees, but not with the outright not hiring of them simply becuase they smoke. 

    Scott Tarr said:
    I would also be against employees smoking on the job site, but to say I wouldn't hire a smoker might cost you a shot at a top notch service guy...look at Wes for instance.  Our industry would be a whole lot better off if we had more guys like Mr. Burdine working in it.
  • Scott Tarr February 19, 2011 at 8:00pm
    I would also be against employees smoking on the job site, but to say I wouldn't hire a smoker might cost you a shot at a top notch service guy...look at Wes for instance.  Our industry would be a whole lot better off if we had more guys like Mr. Burdine working in it.
  • Eric W. Stringi February 18, 2011 at 8:14am
    We do not allow smoking  near customers or their property.   We Do not really think they would like butts in their yard or smoke in their face while communicating with them.
  • Wes Burdine February 18, 2011 at 5:48am
    I am a smoker (what a waste, I know), but refrain from smoking on customers' property. It just looks bad, and of course is dangerous. None of the other guys with me smoke, so fortunately that's not an issue.
  • Matt Cellura February 18, 2011 at 5:34am
    We discourage smoking on customer's property for professional reasons, it just looks bad.  That being said, there is no way for us to be able to tell with 100% certainty if people are doing this or not.  I am sure that technicians are smoking on property, but as long as i don't hear about it(and i do ask when i speak with customers) then i am okay with it. 
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