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Operations

The bilingual crew playbook: how to run a Spanish-speaking operation without losing your office

70% of US landscaping crews are Spanish-speaking. Most field software assumes English-only office, English-only crews, English-only clients. Here is how to build the other way.

Marisol Quintero 7 min read

Commissions

Commission plans that don't blow up at year-end (a category of mistakes we see every February)

Employee commission is the #1 source of late-year pain at growing service shops. The fix is not a better spreadsheet. It is a payment rule that survives contact with reality.

Tessa Vargas 7 min read

Hiring

Hiring your first tech: a 90-day plan that doesn't blow up in month four

The gap between "I'm running myself into the ground" and "I have a productive second tech" is about 90 days of structured work. Here is the plan we walk every Servicio shop through when they hit the wall.

Diego Marín 8 min read

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Notes from the field,not from the marketing team.

The bilingual crew playbook: how to run a Spanish-speaking operation without losing your office

Commission plans that don't blow up at year-end (a category of mistakes we see every February)

Hiring your first tech: a 90-day plan that doesn't blow up in month four

One email, once a month.

Notes from the field,
not from the marketing team.