Nearly every lawn care company is struggling with a lack of qualified staff in the field, according to a recent survey conducted by Environmental Science, a business unit of Bayer Crop Science.
For example, the survey found than four in 10 respondents say a "shallow bench" or not enough team members is the biggest challenge. Forty-two percent of respondents ranked an "unhappy fan base" as having the least impact on their business' success.
Survey respondents also reported that they are typically taking on curative or reactive activities about 37 percent of the time but that they would prefer it to be even less (closer to 27 percent).
To get the full stats from the survey and to learn more about building a winning playbook, visit the Environmental Science website.
The Bayer Lawn & Landscape Survey was distributed to 4,437 green industry representatives who have opted in to receive email communications from Bayer. Of 537 total survey respondents, 220 were qualified and analyzed in these findings, according to the company.