Employees need to know what their role is in a company when they are hired - but that doesn’t always happen. Rex Bothwell of Organizational Concepts International offered some suggestions on how to find the right people for the right job at the recent Nexstar fall meeting in Pittsburgh.
The cost of home heating oil is stretching many customers to the outer limits of their monthly budgets. But Paul DeLaiarro is loyal to the industry he serves and does what he can to serve his customers in anyway he can.
Today, the HVAC industry is being asked by property owners and managers to design energy-efficient systems that can be controlled wirelessly and can respond to any ambient temperature change or space-use scenario. That is especially true of the oil heat trade. One company recently launched a new product designed to fit the model of budget-conscious building owners.
How will the expected rise in heating oil prices affect customers of oil heat contractors? And better yet, what are these contractors doing to calm down customers whose utility bills are already stretching their household budgets to the breaking point? The NEWS gathered a group of contractors to discuss this issue.
No news is good news. Now please don’t misinterpret that tired cliché. Before some smart-aleck replies with an “Are you saying that no NEWS is good news?” - let me nip that in the bud. If there were no NEWS, I wouldn’t be writing this blog for your amusement. There must be NEWS in our lives because I need to make a living and you need to be informed by the best publication in the HVAC biz.
Fall traditionally marks the beginning of furnace tune-ups and startups, which by no coincidence marks the beginning of stories of carbon monoxide (CO) injuries and deaths from poorly maintained furnaces, boilers, water heaters, etc.
According to Wikipedia, hot stove “is not actually a league, but the term instead calls up images of baseball fans, anxious for the start of the new season, gathering around a hot stove during the cold winter months discussing their favorite baseball teams.” Now let’s take that sports metaphor and compare it to the HVAC world.
There is a common thread that runs between refrigeration technician Tim Chaffee and 131 children of the Escuela Las Colinas school in Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The Michigan man has made it his mission to provide these children with an education despite the impossible odds against them.
I’m sure there are many employers reading this blog (wishful thinking) that would like to put a tighter grip on their employees, denying them some of the freedoms that employees seem to expect today. In light of that comment, I present this humorous look at a different kind of employment contract.
There
are ways you, as employers, can take a bite out of higher health care costs.
Start promoting healthy lifestyles among your employees. Give them incentives
to quit smoking and lose weight. Sit down with all of your employees and
explain the rising health care costs associated with poor health.