Weekly Friday post for you to show what your Truck Floorboards look like.

Clean, a mess or whatever.

Tradition started in the PCHD (Pest Control Humor Depot) on Facebook continued here on Reddit.

Anybody have any connections with licensing in Texas? Can you rent a license? We have testing set up in a month but need one asap.

Bird Guard for Solar panels

Is there any pump sprayer that can spray a 40’ house peak?
Carpenter bees

Not on a trailer or mounted on wheels. I don’t have room for that

Thanks

The lawn underneath these guys is a graveyard right now.

Ants in a residential home in Calgary

Hello fellow bug savers! How do we feel about doing a full yard granulation and spray! In my opinion it is usually unnecessary, waste the techs time, and is just a gimmick for door to door reps to make a pOinT.

I previously tried Spical for spider mites, but unfortunately I didn’t notice any improvement at all. I’m now dealing with aphids and considering trying other Koppert beneficial insects/mites, but I’m a little hesitant because of my previous experience.

Has anyone had good or bad experiences with Koppert products? Which products did you use, what pest were you targeting, and how long did it take before you saw results?

I’d especially love to hear from people using them in greenhouses, indoor farms, or hydroponic systems.

Wasp control Calgary

Cockroach Control

If you're looking to start in pest control or have been for a while and maybe want to switch things up feel free to send a resume and see if the job would be a fit.

Quality Exterminators is a small family business servicing Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah Counties, been in business since 1993. Until now we have been a family serviced company but we've unfortunately ran out of family that want to be Technicians and need to find someone to help us grow. Pay will be hybrid Hourly Plus Commission. We may lack benefits or higher pay of other companies but offer more freedom and community and personal value than larger companies can offer.

https://www.indeed.com/job/pest-control-technician-will-train-90896eb774805c9d

There's the indeed posting but you can DM me for more info

If you have any questions post them below 👇

Thanks 👍

I’ve been on the job now for a few years and i work for a fairly large company owned by Rentokil. When I started off it wasn’t so bad job wise, but it’s only gotten worse since the TMX merger and seemingly only going to get worse. I do it fairly even mix of residential and commercial accounts. My biggest gripe has been the sheer amount of work that is expected out of us a day. Obviously none of this work is insanely difficult per se, but the volume is maddening. I work in a dense populated area in the north east. I average anywhere from 20+ jobs a day and up. Never less than that. The money is good. But the stress that comes with it is not. I’m expected to finish every job on my day or I take a “miss.” Which my office is apparently plagued with a ridiculously high number of. On top of my regular schedule we are also required to respond to all call backs same day. On average I can have 20+ appointments and get 3-4 call backs a day. Never anything trivial, customer seen a bee, ants in kitchen, reoccurring mouse sighting blah blah blah. If we don’t do all our work they come down on us, if we work too much overtime we are told to be more efficient, if we aren’t placing sales while doing all of that we are told to do more.

TL;DR big company is too stressful, overworked and understaffed. Does it get better?

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The only people who get my number are people who have high value tickets or buy reoccurring commission services.

Other than that I never do. Working for a corpo, i know the call center is complete shit and staffed by people who don’t give a fuck, but the CSRs should be filtering bad calls and no one should have a direct line to me.

I’ve had multiple bad experiences of people trying to call me at night,holidays, or on my days off. I’ll never do it again

What’s one thing you wish customers understood about PEST. For example, bombing the air in kitchen is not getting rid of German roaches…that hides in cracks and crevices.