When asked to name a primary reason for the success of Sewer Experts, a sewer-line replacement and rehab company based in suburban Denver, co-owner Marisa Beaver quickly points to her employees.
“Sometimes they work 14 hours and come back at 6 a.m. the next day and they never complain,” she says. “That’s the No. 1 key to our success.”
But the converse to that is the company has to hire, and retain, the right kind of people in order to create that kind of culture. And Beaver says she does that with a different approach to job interviews, plus offering higher-than-usual pay
