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Module 4 · 13 plays

Hiring & Keeping Roofers

The whole life of a hire, starting before there's a job to fill: the bench you build in January so you hire off a list instead of a panic ad, the ugly truth first, references before the offer, the offer in writing, his first two weeks, praise that lands and wins marked out loud, the ride-along that shows you what a crew really does, the stay talk before he's poached, catching a quit a month early, firing without torching your name, and the exit interview that finally tells you the truth.

The plays

  1. M4-01Tell Him the Worst of It FirstRoofing interview questions that stop a three-week hire: tell him the worst of the job first, and let the wrong man take himself out.Printable card · En español
  2. M4-02Talk to the Boss He Actually Worked ForReference check questions for a roofing hire: skip the rumors around town and talk to the boss he actually worked for. Five questions that work.Printable card
  3. M4-03Settle It All Before You Say the NumberA job offer sheet for a roofing hire: settle the eight things out loud before you name the number, on one page you both sign the same day.Spreadsheet · Printable card · En español
  4. M4-04Catch the Quit a Month Before It HappensStay interview questions for a roofing crew: five gut scores a month that catch the quit weeks before he doesn't show up Monday.Spreadsheet
  5. M4-05The Crew's Watching How You Let Him GoHow to let a man go right: what to say, how long it takes, and why every good hand on your truck is watching how you do it.Printable card · En español
  6. M4-06The New Man's First Two Weeks Decide If He StaysA new-hire onboarding checklist for a roofing crew: the first two weeks that decide whether he stays, and who shows him what, on which day.Printable card · En español
  7. M4-07Get to the Crew Before the Grapevine DoesHow to tell your crew bad news — a man hurt, layoffs for the winter — before the grapevine does, and answer the question they're all running.Printable card
  8. M4-08The Man Walking Out Will Tell You the TruthExit interview questions for the roofer who just quit: the man walking out will tell you the truth about why the last three left too.Printable card · En español
  9. M4-09Tell Him the Valley Was Clean — Out Loud, By NameHow to praise a roofer so it sticks: name the man, name the work, say it where the crew hears it. Ten seconds at the tailgate, not a speech.Printable card
  10. M4-10Sit Him Down Before the Other Guy DoesHow to keep a good roofer from leaving: sit him down before the shop across town does, and ask what would make him take their call.Printable card · En español
  11. M4-11Mark the Win Out Loud, or Nobody Remembers ItYour crew just knocked out the tear-off from hell in a single day — the one you figured would run two — and then they climbed in their trucks and drove home…Printable card
  12. M4-12The Truth's in the Truck — Ride With a Crew You Never SeeYou figure you know how your crews really run — you read the foreman's morning text, the job's on schedule, everybody's fine. Then you spend half a day…Printable card
  13. M4-13Hire Off a Bench You Built in January, Not a Panic Ad in JuneHow to find roofers to hire before you need one: build the bench in January, so a June quit doesn't hand the hiring to your calendar.Spreadsheet · Printable card

Then about one email a week: a play from the library, now and then a new sheet. Nothing else.

These plays are how we run a shop — they are not legal, tax, or accounting advice. Rules change by state and by contract, so before you act on the legal-sounding parts, run them past your own attorney or accountant. It's your business, and what you do with any of this is your call and your responsibility.

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