{"id":48807,"date":"2026-06-27T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=48807"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:10:57","slug":"a-message-to-business-owners-a-former-employee-with-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/a-message-to-business-owners-a-former-employee-with-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"A Message To Business Owners &#8211; A Former Employee With Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Problem-With-Detailing-Business-Owners-Who-Complain-About-Employees.jpeg\" alt=\"The Problem With Detailing Business Owners Who Complain About Employees\" width=\"980\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Problem-With-Detailing-Business-Owners-Who-Complain-About-Employees.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Problem-With-Detailing-Business-Owners-Who-Complain-About-Employees-300x147.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Problem-With-Detailing-Business-Owners-Who-Complain-About-Employees-768x376.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember why you left your job? Take a moment and think about that before we continue.<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember all the factors that led you starting a business?\u00a0 Step outside of yourself and more importantly your own ego.\u00a0 Put yourself in an employee (or potential one&#8217;s) position.\u00a0 I know for sure the grind of running a business, with the labor, creative struggle, the stress that comes with the role.\u00a0 Even when we are prepared, we are never fully prepared for it.\u00a0 They will not fully experience your business.\u00a0 But that is also the point.\u00a0 For your benefit, step outside of yourself and look into someone who is not invested.<\/p>\n<p>I ask questions that leave clues about quality employee retention and quality acquisition.\u00a0 Do you offer a job or a career?\u00a0 Even if your offer is for a career, is the application process communicating a position someone is serious can see themselves growing in?\u00a0 How much do you know about your employees outside of their ability to do their task?\u00a0 It may seem silly on the surface, but I think you would be amazed how much more loyal an employee can be with some human connection.<\/p>\n<p>When I read about complaints and struggles with employees, I leads to me questioning employers in the detailing industry.\u00a0 I do wonder how quickly some people forgot where they came from.\u00a0 I wonder if some people do not understand their responsibilities are not the same as the owner.\u00a0 They are not getting the same long-term benefits.\u00a0 Did your issues, that you seem (?) to always find fault with other people, carry over to you as the owner?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why YOU Should ALWAYS Know Your WORTH\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KivFtIwKOHA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Real questions!\u00a0 How much do you know about your employees?\u00a0 Do you care to know?\u00a0 Maybe that is your problem.\u00a0 Not just whether you gave them a dollar more than the other detailing business.\u00a0 Ever think what your employees, strangers, or people in your life would say about you in person?\u00a0 Honestly for most of us, the collective opinion (fair or not) would shock us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember why you left your job? Take a moment and think about that before we continue. Do you remember all the factors that led you starting a business?\u00a0 Step outside of yourself and more importantly your own ego.\u00a0 Put yourself in an employee (or potential one&#8217;s) position.\u00a0 I know for sure the grind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":46550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1412],"tags":[2812],"class_list":["post-48807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-running-a-detailing-business","tag-running-a-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Problem-With-Detailing-Business-Owners-Who-Complain-About-Employees.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-cHd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48807"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49348,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48807\/revisions\/49348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}