Stock Boy - In the family owned Pharmacy
Dishwasher/Busboy - On the family owned restaurant
Grunt - For a swimming pool construction company
I did a little of everything there, but mainly the manual labor shit .
Farm Equipment Operator/Irrigator
Collector - For a high interest small loan company
This was fun when it started, but sad when we had to go reposses people's TVs and couches that he put up for collateral.
Collections Rep - For a large mortgage company
Car Salesman - Had some fun and made some good money in the beginning.
The problem was I was very young and trying to sell luxury cars to a mainly retired customer base, tough for a kid. When the car market turned south, all I did was sit around for 10-12 hours a day bullshitting with my fellow salesmen.
Burned me out real fast.
Lawn Tech - Worked for a medium sized lawn care company (All Green Corp.) that did fertilizer and weed control on residential and commercial accounts. We had about 40 locations across the country.
Operations Manager - For the same lawn care company as above.
Branch Manager - Became Branch Manager when All Green was purchased by TruGreen Chemlawn. It didn't last very long. I got into it with one of the division Vice Presidents over procedures. Most of the upper management had their heads up their asses, a bunch of cocky motherfuckers with no field experience.
I had the last laugh on Chemlawn when I quite, since I held all the licenses, I charged them a huge fee so as they could continue to operate. Until they became licensed on their own, I had the authority to conduct weekly inspections to make sure they were in compliance. Wouldn't you know it, I always managed to find a problem or two.
Before I quit Chemlawn I met my current partners who expressed an interest in starting up a business in AZ. We put the deal together and the rest is history.
I employed about 180 people last year.