Professional scammer

Yea, but no one sues you for scamming..but one day it’s coming.

You’ll be out of business soon!

You know this is how all businesses work..I hope you all know that 😂

What scammer

Right but when you are pricing jobs you double what the guys make. Well that's the new pricing way. Mark material up by 15% then your labor rate and you still make nice money and not screwing people.

42 man hrs that's 4 men at 10.2 hrs x 42.

Of course not. He didn't say he did! Man, you know less about a pro forma and basic accounting terms rhan does he!!

Construction jobs are always bid at full package journeyman rate. As a union ironworking journeyman i make $45 an hour but my total package is $63 an hour. All jobs bid through a union contractor are bid at total package wage. If this guy is running a legit contractiong company he is hiring labourers through the union and he is definitely paying them well. Some people have worked for or heard of one terrible contractor in the independant market and swear on their life that every contractor on earth is hiring mexicana for a $0.12 an hour...

Duh, that’s how all business works

@@bobs8005 nope. That's not cheap at all.

He's charging $42 an hour. His guys are probably getting $20 to $21 an hour.

@@HankCapo-jc7mt he charged 42/hr for his whole crew not just one guy….u ever seen a driveway done by one guy???😂😂😂STUPID

depending on the area and legislation and taxes, at least here employer gotta pays first a cut to the state and that would eat at least 30% of the billed amount

​@@HankCapo-jc7mt more like $15/hr

Also a taking a big chance of those concrete guys not getting the job done correctly. Business take the liability for they pour quality. Side jobs done by laborers don't and it will be on home owner to suffer. By the way it's not greedy contractor. Most contractors work on less than a 15% profit margin. That's not allot. And not greedy. It's called a business for a reason. To make enough money to stay in business and keep people employed and supporting there families.

@@devenkuoppala5731" to support their families", And drive G wagons, live next door to Doctors and lawyers. Btw, I do road construction for a living.

Yea, I pay guys 300 a day for my house projects. Never had any issues. And not only does it save me money, they make more money working for me.

@@YTisGay I agree with you pay a good wage and you hardly have any problems

​@@devenkuoppala5731built patios for a living got paid like 200 bucks a day if I worked overtime. Quit when the owner had us building a massive patio in his expensive ass house. Went off and did my own side work made way more money, customers paid way less. The people foing bad sidework are as common as fair business owners. Quit defending them

Damn 😂😂😂😂

Capitalism

Thanks for that truth, i knew he ripped off someone.

Well ya know now your boss is a crook.

As if your work deserves 42 an hour 😂

Can we see your home projects to compare

@@stevenrodriguez895 im 73yo and grew up in a working class family. Unfortynately i moved from the house where I acted as my own general contractor putting in a 2 car carport with a skirt going into a shell driveway. Cost me a few thousand with 4 laborers who knew what they were doing. More recently installed a 400 sq ft faux stone patio with 2 laborers one who helped me do the grunt work of prepping the land and another who knew how to cut the stone at my curved edges. I furnished all the tools. Presently I'm redoing 2 baths and a kitchen with a $20,000 budget and a handyman with occasional calls for a licensed plumber and electrician. I buy project books and watch dozens of youtube videos and research products and have my own extensive collection of tools. Its time consuming and I make mistakes. But its the only way an average person can afford home improvements. Every businessman from contractors to dentists to lawyers want to live an uber life style and the whole economy starts ratcheting up beyond the means of the average person. And we all pay including you when you hire out the dentist or lawyer or roofer.

@@carolhewett3756 you for sure own ryobi tools 💀😂

​@@Shorehoreyou for sure have snap on tools, a lifted truck, a chin strap beard and always complain about your girl that cheats on you with the entire Jamaica bobsled team.

@@Shorehore Actually, only a few like my miter saw setup but mostly Craftsman.

No its not. Youre suppose to profit on every job, especially if its a high labor job.

😆 😆

Exactly !!

AND he’s shilling a “business” course. this is peak capitalism haha

🤣😂

Yeah concrete 200/cuyd

They must be buying new tools on every job 😂

Most pumping companies here in CA charge 500$ just for the day, doesn’t matter how long they were there for

​@@timmalverezminimum

Pump in Michigan atleast 650. Could be 800. But 800 in concrete is only 5 yds. Which is 400 sf. So he got almost $18/sf. That is taking serious advantage of people. Not good business. Word travels fast and times slow down

"Customers" unless your taking about people dressed in costumes

Exactly bro

I run a forming crew just for this reason. That's how I was able to get my pay scale up quickly. One smart guy and a few laborers can form up a whole lot for a lot less than 4 highly skilled masons.

Yeah guys who have no insurance nor are tax payers the reason you have these gross profits it’s because he hasn’t added his taxes and insurance cost to the break down the guy doing the forming for 300$ a day is fucking everything up for the companies who try and do everything the right way paying thousands of dollars in insurance and thousands of dollars in taxes just to be able to work

Lol if you think this is expensive I charge 10k for a 12x10 slab I'm California 😂😂😂😂. People always pissed when you make a living

How much do you think the iPhone you’re using actually costs to produce?

​@@Jamesmith9905 tech production prices and construction labor prices are two different sectors. People can barter on labor quotes for construction, but they have no control over the chinese factory producing iPhones for $30 that'll get sold for $1500 in the states.

​@Raining345 whoever pays 1500$ for a smart phone ISN'T VERY SMART

@@Raining345 the only control is not purchasing them or buying off eBay refurbished from reputable sellers for 1/6th of the price. You’re not arguing my point though, they came to an agreed price for an agreed quality of work. End of the day you still pay for the “quality” of an iPhone. Now want to get into the illusion of consumer choice?😂

Tradesmen are contractors dude

Not if they agreed to the price

That’s just gross profit, still have to pay taxes, insurance, etc.

That’s just gross profit, still have to pay taxes, insurance, etc.

Actually him not totally doubling his cost in expensenses for a final price is a deal

$42 an hour. I guarantee those guys aren't making that!! More like 15 to 20. His gross profit is way higher

That’s like a 5 yard pour at $800 for mud. Sounds a little far fetched to me at 7k. I’ve personally seen 30x40 shops poured for less money. Clickbait video

It cost me 400 years back for a 10 by 10 section. Im mixing my own stuff now

Some island far far away

Someone is getting shafted😂

That looks lean, maybe $130ish per square yard, 9 square yards for a driveway... a single car driveway spread thin!

That's a low price dude. If you can do better.....then do better. 😂 Betcha won't. Bet you'll just bitch about it. Bet you've never done anything concrete. I bet!

His pricing methodology isn’t bad.

Dude he is under charging. That's why you don't have a construction business 😅

Just get multiple quotes, maybe its expensive where he is

That's actually way underpriced

Save money and learn a skill in the process 😂

He’s not bragging, his running a business and showing he’s profitable. Big difference

@@Coronadotbird68 definitely greedy tho

​@Osten714 it is easy to see greed but we also forget the overhead cost such as insurance, any health benefits, a building to store equipment and supplies, etc. I don't know what all of that costs but I know none of the above is cheap. Plus the owner should be making a lot more since it is him who is taking the risk

You want to talk about bragging??? Better watch the videos of guy in California driving a G wagon 😂😂😂😂 that driveway job could cost $70,000 with the Californian contractor.

@@Osten714 there’s nothing greedy about it. He proving jobs to others, feeding their families and creating generational wealth by investing his profits in his business, or other assets such as real estate. You have to think from small mind and believe there’s not enough money for everyone. That’s a poor mindset Think abundance!

Why? Half of that is going to uncle sam, so he only make 1500ish. Making a profit is not okay?

​@@palillo2006 these people have no money or business, they are mad when people are successful

I don't know man, most are much more or a mark up and pull bullshit

@@palillo2006 “making a profit is not ok?” It’s unreasonable to ask for 100% profit on concrete. It’s not a skill that people spend years to learn. I can read a few articles, rent a few things, and start a job tomorrow. His work isn’t special and isn’t worth anywhere near that much profit. I’d say 10-15% max.

@@gabe5100 and that is why you will fail if you have a business. In construction there will always be unforseen problems that can eat away from your profits. Rain, hitting a gas line, having a bad batch of concrete, equipment failure are just some of the things that will destroy your measly 10-15% profit. You do realize a 15% profit is $525 which uncle Sam is going to take half. So a day pour your business is only going to make $262.50 and that is if everything goes right. Lol

Inferior to concrete driveways(especially ones that a built right)

Lol tigran

Hell no. He would of charged $40K. He said in one of his vids he charges minimum $40K for small jobs

@@Tyler-linktigran’s a boss man

Right! Dudes a hack.

That shit spread out to far gonna crack

Yeah the home owner got ripped off and this “contractor” is a crook. Rebar isn’t chaired up and the spacing is ridiculous. It’s probably not even tied.

Good luck getting a good job done in a timely fashion 😂

Yep I just got my driveway tore out and redone for 4800 and it was a lot bigger. Looks better too, mine is double car garage that looks like a single

*5 yd. pour lol

I just got a bid from the concrete plant to deliver three yards: $900! Everybody wants to rip off the consumer.

​@@cmleoj concrete is expensive now

@@junicohen7918 I agree it is expensive. But there seems to be no basis for the price increase. For example, fuel costs(a big part of concrete) are not nearly as high as they have been in the past, and there are not other expensive inputs in the way that farming inputs(fertilizers, chemicals) have risen, causing corn and soybean to increase in price. With concrete it just seems like greed.

Try speaking English dude

This happens about 60% of the time.

No shit that's literally what a contractor does. And by the way those finishers are making 400-500 dlrs each for only a couple of hours.

@@eduardocanales3483where did you learn how to do math

That's literally how every business ever works.

​@@johnnychimpo7539 in california finishers get paid 350 per job in about 3 to 4 hours

lmao did you see the rebar? That driveway is probably already fked. Definitely ripped off.

Nobody. I mean NOBODY understands this but like 3 people... 😂

Fuck em this aint corporate

I mean, he's paying 40+ an hr(on average) so I'd say he's right where he should be. Considering he's running a pump truck on jobs like this I can promise he doesn't work his guys like slaves. As a mason who myself makes 38 an hr and works some pretty tough jobs.

No you wouldn't lol

Most concrete guys only want one job, the life improvement is they get an easier job in the trade and don't have to do the harder dirtier stuff as often, his profit margin is if everything goes perfect, no tools break, no one gets hurt, no weather issues, no customer complaint you gotta deal with later, concrete truck doesn't show up late and cost you a couple of hours, etc. Etc.

Another idea would be a seasonal bonus.

And then you contractor clowns complain because you can't find good help now.

@@Christoph-sd3zi that's enough from you no more time for talking get back to work I need more 2×4's brought up. None of your business but I pay my laborers $18 to $20 an hr and skilled guys $30 to $42. The 75 to 175 is per person genius bc as an employer your WC is 8% of their wage plus you have to contribute 7.65% toward their taxes and Florida's reemployment which I'm @ 2.4% bc I haven't had an unemployment claim in over 6yrs bc I pay well buddy and that's on the first 7k per yr per employee

Could be in a high margin area. Country is big and full of pockets of good profit in any profession

$42/hr could also include what he has to front for their benefits and insurance. They might take home less than 42 but it still costs him that much.

He probably keeps half of it.

@@lunalove2259 Benefits! Haha

He’s paying a total of $42 for all workers is what he is saying. So if it’s 3 workers, they each get $14/H

sounds about right, prices vary from place to place for instance this guy priced his concrete at negative if he was in my hometown (Toronto) we have 4 meter minimum cheapest $175/meter plus environmental fee's and tip to the driver if you do that which I do. Also Labor fee's vary, in Toronto Journeymen concrete finishers make $44/hour we just got raises a week or two ago and that's just union pay, most top level finishers make above $50/hr, good luck trying to get us though our standard rate to come do a residential job is $500/day

It’s guys like these that make all contractors look bad.

I would’ve had them tear it out and then hired someone else.

I have heard similar stories from the folks that renovated my 90year old house in Romania. They told me that they have heard all kinds of stories working for years in construction. The most insane thing I have heard was where some construction crew was building houses with cellars, laying out all the necessary and mandatory rebar, all by the book. Then the construction site boss and engineer came to check on it, it was spot on, no mistakes then the two fellas left because everything was according to the book. Only thing left to do was to wait for the concrete trucks to arrive. Well in that time gap of not more than 30mins is where the magic happened. The entire crew was in on it. The motherfuckers disassembled the entire rebar skeleton before the concrete trucks arrived and used it on another house, basically getting rich off of one set of rebar for a copy paste house. This shit left me flabbergasted, out right criminals. Structural integrity went down the drain and it was all according to the books...

It’s possible that they charged you for microfibre mesh and there was a miscommunication

Could've been 7 men 6 hours...

That's like a 2 hour job at the most

@@3807shawn it's gonna take a while longer than that it depends on the temperature outside and how much water was used,if they used calcium things like that. You have to work it as the concrete sets up.then you can either put the machine on it and finish it or if you have enough men they can get out there and finish it by hand then broom it and go! Come back next morning and pull the forms and clean up!

If you listened to the man. They obviously did the dirt work and grade work to prep for the job. Not just the setup and pour.

​@3807shawn your dumb

Nah I want good work. Plus I don't want to fund his criminal family back home that will just pump more offspring and ship em north to ruin civilization

And in 1-2 years it’ll snap in half

And look like garbage. You want nice work, hire white and legal is a good place to start

If anyone can undercut this quote they are a cowboy , people undercutting is also why guys get their trucks burnt down in the middle of the night

I can about imagine the sh*t work those contractors turn out

And you'll get those undercut results too, which ends in you having them come out and fix your $200 job and charging you extra for it 😂

You know guys who are dumb enough to take pride in winning a race to the bottom of a back breaking industry

Can you elaborate?

We shoot for 15% net income. Just learn to listen brother. Did I say net income or gross margin? Do you know the difference?

Tyler Link. Lmfao 3k gross isn't even fucking 15% of 7k. Greedy fucks like you are why the construction trade is so shifty.

​@@Tyler-link idiota

@@Tyler-link🤓

Finally someone with a brain👏🏼 and everyone in the comment section acting like this guy shouldn’t make any money off the job, as if the employees are going to pay if something goes wrong or has to be redone

Is a young white man 😅😅

Huh? He’s making 100% gross profit. You don’t markup labor and then markup the job 100%. That’s insane

​@@adamnonnenmacher7774 yes you do. When you pay someone 20/hr, in MO it's an additional 25% to cover unemployment, financial etc. Depending on the industry is what rate workers comp is. Usually additional 3 to 15%. More like 15% for concrete work. Also have to take into account the 2 15 minute paid breaks on 8 hour day, days off, vacation, 401k, healyhcare, other benefits

Sorry to hear that

Some parts of the us that wont cover cost of business 😂😂😂

30? Isn’t it more like 82%? $3,839 in costs + $3,161 in profit?

5

He used zero … it is bulls

Right cuz those workers have the liability insurance have the license to do the work indoor bonded in case they fuck up and your out the $$$ you paid and now have to hire an actual contractor to do it right and not some workers you found. You get what you pay for my guy I'd hate to see what your house looks like with that mentality

Lol you never own a biz before bro theres marketing and insurance and vehicle expenses

@@blipblop92 that's y I said cut the middle man out.

And if they mess up, they have no insurance and can try to sue you.

thank you

Finally, somebody was in common sense

There is almost no chance those guys are W2 employees who are getting full benefits

thank you 🙏

Yup I’m making 26 an hour at my job and I have a wife with 6 kids. My wife is retired and we’re making it through

Huh nice lol in the uk I’m on £11 an hour and that’s not even minimum wage, minimum is £9,50 I take how about £550/600 a week after tax and National insurance

I dont think you understand the 42 an hour part. It's not about hate. It has more to do with lying about paying his crew 42 dollars an hour. I used to work for a contractor and they mostly pay $100-120 per day. 99.9% of the time, contractors hire immigrants hanging out at home depots & lowe's because they know the immigrants have good carpenting skills and such.

I make 46$ an hour doing concrete. I’m union tho

That’s kinda standard, most skilled trades I pay $37.5 an hour.

​@Noel-Perez to me standard is charging more like 60 to 100hr and paying 15 to 40 hr. Plus benefits etc. Overhead and profit taken out from the difference.

Agreed

Where u live if you’re payin 40 an hr for finishers ill pack up and move for sure🤑

U dont ur guys 40 an hour bullshit

Good job

@THC lvls Hi you'd fail the drug test and be booted off the job first time you fkd something up😂

It’s not contractors ripping home owners off It’s insurance taxes tool upkeep trucks benefits to be competitive for the best talent As a plumber I need to charge $110hr to make $35 Some jobs I win but material is garbage today so on a call back I may get product reimbursed but not my labor it’s frustrating to us especially for the elderly when you want to make a living but want to help them too

@@brentmagerowski7886 the straw that broke the camel's back for me was a contractor trying to charge me $50,000 to build a carport. With no WALLS. Then another contractor quoted 35,000 for the same job. Long story short I ended up with a guy that charged us $15,000. That was totally fair especially when we had the job figured at 7500 for materials. People pray on people being stupid and not knowing what's going on. Unfortunately I had a stroke 5 years ago. Before then my background was construction and other job. So being in the circle (so to speak) helped me out where is other people don't know what's going on or don't know the price of material. They just take the word of the contractors. Sometimes you win sometimes you don't. 😒

@@ShaneM007 always get 3 to 5 prices Never go with the cheapest And always look at the quote sometimes those guys charging more are either not interested in the job and want to make it worth jamming into the schedule Other times the pricier tag has things that put their job above the rest. Higher end components or maybe in your case the more expensive price was using fiber in the mix or more rebar. Overhead usually dictates hourly pay he could’ve just been one of those that needs to charge that because he is paying his guys well and has the latest equipment. Just don’t trust google reviews.

Yuuuuuup. I love when they bitch at me about the cost as I do the shiz they CANT DO. 😂 Losers.

Watch the hundreds, maybe thousands, of videos of average folks doing their own van conversions and building their own tiny homes without any prior experience. Some of them end up opening businesses doing the same after they acquire skills and experience. Some of the results are impressive.

I hope their concrete skills exceed your spelling abilities!😆😆😆

they may not be skilled at pouring concrete, but they make enough money to pay you to work like a dog and make their property look better. You think it’s special to be blue collar, meanwhile these guys watch you work from their home office while they make more money just twiddling their fingers.

@@carolhewett3756 Its pretty cool, but there is a difference between someone who does it 24/7 and a DIYer who does it even often.

Bwhahahha yeah someone who knows nothing about concrete would pay that 😂 gtfo here.

damn dont be a bottom feeder up them prices

Hahaha I was about to ask where he got the mud that cheap.

That’s my cost man not what I charge lol

​@@Tyler-link not to be rude, but that means you're screwing over your workers then? No?

​@@aaronmacaroni no, there's a market that dictates what the pay is. You can be generous within the market though

@@user-xs7dw8et6j I understand that, but the op said $80 is market rate. Tyler did not reply with "$80 is not market rate", but that he pays his employees $40, but charges more so that would mean he is stiffing his employees for their work.

​@@aaronmacaroniso he should pay his employees $80 an hour and work for free?

Exactly! I charge $50 per man hour. Insurance, taxes, workmans comp the list goes on…

@@kendrafoley2018 o I know 😂, it’s unbelievable how many just very uneducated people are in the comments! Worst part is they are confidently typing.

@@kendrafoley2018you assume these people are even on an official payroll.