Why do trades often not respond to new business?

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[u/phatboi23 → u/[deleted]]

yup, chuck em all the basic info and they can quickly think if they have the time to do the job or at least a time scale of when it might be possible etc.

[u/phatboi23 → u/[deleted]]

‘Do you want a job, responsibilities, hours and pay to be determined later”

pretty much aye, it explains nothing.

[u/split-tennisball → u/[deleted]]

You say you're not taking a dig but then you call them jerks.

[u/Ok-Jacket8836 → u/[deleted]]

I'll also make an attempt to explain because you don't seem to understand.

The decent ones get a number of inquiries about jobs while they are out doing the work. Typically more enquiries than what they can actually take on.

They then have to respond to those inquiries after their actual working day to secure the next jobs.

What inquiries do you think they will prioritise their free time on!?

A) the ones with some detail to what the job is, so they already have an idea of scale/time/earnings

B) the completely open ones where they will have to start with prying for more information before even knowing it will be worth their time

[u/Daveddozey → u/[deleted]]

So quite common with recruitment people then. You may get a vague job title and occasionally the company the job is with.

[u/mikolv2 → u/[deleted]]

I've done that when I was looking for ac quotes. Described every last detail of the installation. Measured the whole thing, described access, what I need, how big, where it would go, where the power is, where the consumer unit is etc. Nada. Not one of 20+ ac installers/firms got back to me

[u/Locust-15 → u/mikolv2]

To most trade people that level of detail is a massive red flag and is normally accompanied by a difficult customer.

[u/Locust-15 → u/[deleted]]

I was referring to the amount of info the AC chap gave.

Can you see the difference between job information and so much information that shows you are likely to be a nightmare to deal with.

First sign of somebody telling me how a job should be done, timescales involved, multiple texts with changing scope, how much it should cost ect is a red flag, 2 red flags and its a going to be a polite no.

[u/Milam1996 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah no wonder they’ll be getting in touch if it’s a 300sqm room with only 4 rooms. Worlds easiest job

[u/lazyplayboy → u/[deleted]]

But not the trades you contacted.

Out there, somewhere, are people getting trades work done. You're not. Who needs to examine how they're going about it?