"I wanted to change my career and wanted to work for myself, and so started to look at possibilities. I decided to look at franchising because I like the idea of buying into something that has already been proven to work and has support from those that have the knowledge and experience to help make my business work.  Also a strong Brand identity I felt would be advantageous. Over the period of about a year I considered many other opportunities with other Franchisors.
 
Why TruGreen? Firstly I was a customer of a now competitor and had watched their technicians work in my garden. I must be honest it looked like easy money! When I started to look at lawn care as an industry I felt it was something that I'd enjoy as a job.  Although it is much more technical and scientific than I'd initially bargained for I do enjoy it.  I found TruGreen through the search engines and chose them over other Lawn care companies because I liked the business plan and figures, I liked the fact that it is part of a family of brand names that operates under ServiceMaster, who I believe is a household name. I also liked the fact that I could buy a territory on my doorstep.
 
The most enjoyable aspect for me is the sense of achievement from delivering visual results to customers; these results coming from the training provided and my own efforts.  The support network, I feel, is very good, especially technical support."