Did Junk Teens Solve the Labor Shortage?
Next Level Pros
Chris Lee
4.7 • 165 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Everyone says, “No one wants to work anymore.”But while most business owners were complaining, two teenagers built JunkTeens — and turned the labor shortage into their advantage.In this episode, we break down how they built a culture where young people show up, work hard, and stay — and how you can do the same inside your company.Partner Spotlight: 1SEO Digital Agency: At Next Level Pros, we teach you the best ways HOW to market your business. If you want additional hands-on help executing, we trust 1SEO, our marketing partner. They implement SEO, PPC, Google Local Services Ads, and high-performance websites that turn stronger operations into booked jobs. Learn more or book a consult: https://1seo.com/next-level-pros/
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| 0:00.0 | You keep hearing it everywhere. |
| 0:01.6 | Nobody wants to work hard anymore. |
| 0:04.2 | But what if the problem isn't Gen Z? |
| 0:06.0 | It's you. |
| 0:07.1 | Gen Z isn't lazy. |
| 0:08.9 | They're just not inspired by your leadership. |
| 0:11.3 | And that's what these two teens figured out. |
| 0:13.3 | They learned how to turn your weakness into their greatest strength. |
| 0:17.2 | At 17 years old, Kirk and his younger brother started a junk removal company and turned the |
| 0:22.1 | labor shortage into their competitive advantage. |
| 0:25.4 | They proved that young people will still show up, work hard, and build something incredible |
| 0:30.8 | when you give them purpose, build a culture that inspires, and a vision that they can get |
| 0:36.6 | behind. |
| 0:37.3 | We're sharing exactly how they built a multi-million dollar business by making work feel more like a mission, not a job, and how you can do the exact same thing inside of your company. Wee Wee Wee Wee Wee We We We We We We We We We We Yeah. So, Kirk, you have solved one of the toughest things that most trades and home service business owners are dealing with right now, like the lack of labor. |
| 1:27.9 | We know that the younger generation, according to every 40 to 70 year old right now in the |
| 1:33.3 | United States, a younger generation is lazy. They want to be on their phones every single day, |
| 1:39.0 | right? So it's hard to find good people to show up to work every single day. And because of this, |
| 1:43.7 | we know that like |
| 1:44.4 | the average tradesperson is like 56 years old right now, the average plumber, electrician, |
| 1:49.0 | or whatnot. And so that is an issue that we're all trying to solve. And it, and it seems like |
| 1:55.2 | at 22 years old, like you have figured out a solution that not only gets these kids to work, |
| 2:03.4 | but is also creating a brand of people that want to employ these people, right? |
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