The Brutal Truth of the Cost of Non-Productive Labor
by John Kennedy![](https://thegroup.memberclicks.net/assets/GROUPTalk/Labor%20costs-coins%20with%20text.png)
One day, I stopped by a job site of a landscape client of mine. The two crew members were sitting on the client’s patio furniture taking a break (Bad Start!). One was smoking (he quickly tried to hide his poor judgement). I sat at the table with them and asked to have some" fun with numbers" (a hint of sarcasm floated over the wrought iron table…)