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John Talman · Nov 25, 2025

What is the craziest story that has happened to you on a job site, since running a business, dealing with a customer or just being in the contracting/construction space?

We're going to keep this thread open and moving forward and we may rank the best ones on an episode of the Good Contractor Podcast or possibly have a few folks on to tell the story on an episode.

Fire away!

John Talman · Nov 22, 2025

the_ladyplumber said:
FOOOOOOOD

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

As most of my questions, I’m always interested to hear on how others operate their companies. I started mine front eh ground up with zero business experience almost 11 years ago. So I’m always trying to learn new things and adapt to better or more efficient ways.

So here’s my next question. Paid time off. What do you do? Or are you strictly vacation pay? I am in Canada so things may be a bit different here. Pretty standard for the trades is a base 4% with stat holidays paid. Other companies will do 12% with no paid stats. Some companies do either or and give PTO as well?

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

I looooooove turkey dinner! Our thanksgiving is in October right after we head on holiday so we always miss this one. Christmas is the next.

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

What story isn't amazing with SlimBrick in it?!

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

TheresaPagano said:
I'm the admin, cultivating the pipeline and handling accounting while Hubby is in the field getting the work done and estimates. We are the sole owners of our companies.

My biggest struggle is watching him pay cash or using a personal card for BUSINESS expenses! But I digress...

We use Quickbooks Online which is tied to our bank account - so expenses are automatically posted and categorized. Also, American Express is great with detailed end of year reports.

I tried quickbooks (which I use in the background of my apps) but found it wasn’t great for expense tracking on the go. Maybe it’s changed since I tried it last though as it was a number of years ago.

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

Apparently I’m the only one that doesn’t decorate and know what a whopper is

. But legitimately I feel like anything before Dec 1st is insanity.

the_ladyplumber · Nov 22, 2025

Great info thank you!

KAyersETC said:
Also, if it helps, we have "four C's" as our values. Communication. Cleanliness. Character. Check [Everything]. If you want to cuss like a sailor, don't expect a full bonus. If you want to leave scraps around the job sites, don't expect a full bonus. You get the picture. Beyond the bonus, it provides a baseline for promotions, and in some cases terminations. There is a further breakdown where there are 100 traits graded 0-2, and each one gets allotted to a "C" and the annual review is based on their score out of 100. An apprentice wouldn't be able to grade on a project manager, so they aren't expected to have a grade for everything. But essentially, the score out of 100 shows progress from apprentice > technician > foreman > project manager.

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ChristianA · Nov 19, 2025

The recording is here: https://companycam.zoom.us/rec/shar...AzDwN7p0AXZoohbaB-x85-dQhmwg.JvJN5B8VkPBkPbwt

And the Q&A's attached.
cc @Paul Green

John Talman · Nov 13, 2025

Also @kcmarie17, if you're interested in more training on any of this, shoot an email to Devin.paddock@companycam.com and he can make sure you're all set up with any assistance you need to customize things that best help your business!

ChristianA · Nov 12, 2025

Here's today's recording!

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ShareeRCC · Nov 7, 2025

Thanks! I'll be sure to watch for it in the future

janel.delgado · Nov 7, 2025

This is AWESOME!!

ChristianA · Nov 5, 2025

The recording and Q&A are here:

CompanyCam on Mobile

Q&A is attached

ShareeRCC · Nov 5, 2025

That would be awesome!

ShareeRCC · Nov 5, 2025

Thanks for your quick response! That makes sense.

John Talman · Nov 5, 2025

BraxtonH said:
On the iPad Pro, I am unable to zoom out when taking a picture. Anyone else have this problem? No issues zooming out on my iPhone Pro and Samsung phones.

Hey Braxton!

We appreciate you sharing this! Currently there are no known issues that would impact your ability to utilize zoom options on the iPad. To troubleshoot this effectively we'd need more information like the model of your iPad and the version of the app you're using. Our Support Team would love to help! Could you please reach out to them with these details via the in-app chat or at support@companycam.com?

ChristianA · Nov 5, 2025

@Software_Stacks_Alot I put together this guide a while back (it's probably ready for an update). It mostly covers phone and app setup and lists the resources that John mentioned up above.

What kinds of things would you add to that article?

the_ladyplumber · Nov 5, 2025

I see there’s a new place just for us plumbers! Who’s all in the crew?!

hannah.pedersen · Oct 31, 2025

I love Whoppers! The Robin Eggs around Easter are my favorite. Maltesers (the UK version) are even better!

hannah.pedersen · Oct 31, 2025

My father has dressed up as a Ghostbuster every year for Halloween for as long as I can remember so I might be a little biased.

John Talman · Oct 31, 2025

ShareeRCC said:
This is great, thanks!

You're welcome! So glad that it's helpful!

janel.delgado · Oct 30, 2025

Our product designers are working hard to redesign our app to work best for YOU.

Let us know what you think

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ChristianA · Oct 29, 2025

Here's a link to the recording @Balsam Lake Pro Lawn and @Icountm

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As well as a copy of our Q&A Report:

the_ladyplumber · Oct 29, 2025

John Talman said:
Ah Mary-Anne! Separate from CompanyCam, my No. 1 day-to-day priority, I've thought about doing the same with some of my other side businesses that I do for fun (Session Solos, JTal Guitars, etc.). The content creation stuff has been the most rewarding and takes up more time than the others, so I've thought about rolling it all up under that. I've got some experience with it in terms of being in S-Corps, multiple LLC setups in the past but not enough to guide anyone but myself yet.

This is me saying, I'm considering the same, on a much smaller level than you (way smaller lol) and I'm willing to trade notes while not having a ton of answers yet.

I would love that! I’m super torn as my accountant wants to wait until we see the numbers for 2025 but I’m drowning in paperwork and just want to pull the trigger for beginning of January.

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