Estimator, Construction Commute Time

I hired on as an exempt employee with a moderate annual income, as the chief estimator for a privately owned concrete company in Dallas Texas. Weekly meetings were held to review and schedule projects, and assign those projects for bid to either myself or one other estimator. A couple of months go by and I'm informed of the junior estimator's employment being terminated, but that I would continue the work load with the support from other office personnel. Several months later with the work load ...

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