Employee Articles

As business owners, we love to discuss ways to improve our employees’ attitudes. Throw a party. Tell inspiring stories at the company...

It’s never fun to hear a customer complain about something. But don’t panic, don’t get defensive, don’t yell at your employees. After...

With the busy season winding down for most portable restroom operators, it’s time to think about what we’ve learned from 2014 and...

Training new hires can be time consuming and resource prohibitive. It’s effort well spent when everything works out, but it’s a frustrating...

It’s easy to bark orders or tell people how they ought to be doing their job. Real listening, on the other hand,...

It’s a dilemma any business leader faces: How do you effectively manage your employees without veering into hovering, nitpicking or interfering with...

When the word goes out that a hurricane, tornado, flood or other natural disaster is headed your way, what can you do...

A few decades ago we thought of workplace health and safety mainly in terms of transportation accidents, slip and fall incidents, or...

We need portable restroom professionals! The PSAI normally provides education for the portable sanitation attendees — however, they have declined to participate...

Nobody likes to be fired, and very few of us enjoy firing others. Nevertheless, there are times in which this most definitive...

The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a $15 minimum wage — the highest big-city minimum wage in the U.S. — for workers...

Small business owners sometimes feel like they have to do it all. They feel compelled to devote every waking hour to handling...

People can say some pretty crazy things to get off work. Admit it, you may even have been tempted yourself. And with...

What’s the vibe around your workplace? Do your employees frequently complain and drag themselves into work each day only to punch the...