“This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.”

Dennis Rodman, Athlete

Pros and Cons of Hiring a Pool Guy

You think about hiring a pool guy? While pool guys can definitely be helpful and can take away lots of work from you, there are also some issues with hiring a pool boy.

In fact, I show you all the pros and cons of having a pool guy so that you can better decide whether you really need a pool guy or if you rather want to do the work by yourself.

Advantages of Having a Pool Guy

1. Pool guys can make your life easier
2. They can make your pool look nicer
3. Pool boys can be nice to talk to
4. You don’t have to do annoying work
5. Pool boys can take away plenty of physical work from you
6. Can give you time to do other important things
7. Your salary may be higher than the salary of your pool boy
8. Pool guys can make your life safer
9. Good pool guys find solutions to complex problems
10. You can maintain your pool’s value
11. Longer lifespan of devices related to your pool
12. Pool guys may be able to fix things
13. Your pool guy may be able to do other tasks for you

Pool guys can make your life easier

One advantage of hiring a pool guy is that it can just make your life much easier.

You don’t have to worry about anything related to your pool but can focus on things and tasks that are just much more important to you.

For instance, if you want to celebrate your birthday and have many different things to do to prepare everything for your guests, it can be quite helpful to also have a pool boy who can take away some additional work from you.

This is not only true for birthdays, but also for various other occasions.

You will simply have more time for other things and instead of cleaning your pool, you can follow your hobbies, meet up with friends and so on.

As you can see, good pool boys can save you plenty of time and can really boost your quality of life.

They can make your pool look nicer

Pool boys are not only responsible for keeping your pool hygienic, but they are also there for making your pool look nicer.

In fact, without the work of pool guys, your pool would look filthy pretty soon and chances are that you and your friends would no longer enjoy swimming there.

If nobody cares about your pool, the water quality may also get quite bad and there may even be a serious health risk related to your pool since bacteria can develop.

A good pool guy can mitigate those issues since he or she will make sure that the water quality will be perfect and also that your pool looks nice and inviting to take a swim.

In turn, not only you and your friends will be more likely to use your pool, but also other people you invite over to your home will be really impressed since a nice pool can make your home look prettier and more inviting in general.

Pool boys can be nice to talk to

Hiring a pool guy can also make sense if you live alone right now and don’t have any company.

For instance, you may have moved to another region not a long time ago and you may not know anyone in your new neighborhood yet.

In such a case, talking to a pool guy can be quite nice since you will no longer feel that lonely and your pool guy may also be able to introduce you to some other people so that you can build a new social circle pretty soon.

You don’t have to do annoying work

Another benefit of having a pool guy is that you will also not have to do any annoying work related to your pool.

In fact, many tasks that come along with pool cleaning and maintenance are not nice at all and some of them can even be disgusting.

You will have to clean the pump, remove rotten leaves from the pool and so on.

While this may not be a big deal for some people who are used to this kind of work, it may be pretty annoying and unacceptable to others and if you belong to the second group, a pool guy can really help you out in this regard.

Pool boys can take away plenty of physical work from you

You should also not underestimate the physical component that comes along with maintaining a pool.

Quite often, you will have to get to your knees and your back may also start to hurt sooner or later.

Thus, if you are not a fan of physical work at all and don’t work with your hands, you can rather outsource this exhausting work to a pool guy who will be happy to do this physical work for you while you could relax in your pool instead.

Can give you time to do other important things

In general, you will have more time to spend on other things apart from pool work if you hire a pool guy.

While other people will have to clean their pool by themselves, you will have more leisure to spend on hobbies or other things you like more.

This can be great, especially if you value your time and don’t have that much leisure since you work in a demanding job and have to work long hours every day.

Your salary may be higher than the salary of your pool boy

Hiring a pool boy also makes sense in case you earn pretty good money from your job.

In fact, if you make much more money per hour than it costs you to hire a pool boy for the same period of time, it also makes sense from an economic perspective to hire somebody who takes care of your pool while you can work some extra hours in your job since you will simply have more money left at the end of the month and can afford more nice things.

Pool guys can make your life safer

Another upside to getting a pool guy is that a pool service technician can also make your life much safer.

You may not know it, but there are also some risks related to pool care and if you don’t use pumps and other devices around your pool in a proper manner, this may lead to serious accidents in the worst case.

Hence, hiring an expert in this regard can make quite a lot of sense if you want to minimize the risk of accidents in this regard.

Good pool guys find solutions to complex problems

While some issues around your pool are easy to solve, others are much more complex.

In fact, while people who are not familiar with common pool problems may struggle to find solutions to those issues, experienced pool guys will be pretty good at diagnosing certain issues and finding solutions to those problems.

Thus, while you may have to spend many hours on research before finding solutions to certain issues related to pool care, a pool guy may solve those problems within minutes.

Consequently, hiring a pool guy can also make a lot of sense to save you lots of time that you would have to spend on searching for solutions to pool-related topics.

You can maintain your pool’s value

As mentioned before, your pool will only stay hygienic and look nice if someone cares for your pool.

If you don’t have the time for it or just don’t want to do the work yourself, hiring a pool guy can make quite a lot of sense.

Not only will a pool guy make sure that your pool will be hygienic, but he or she will also make sure that it looks nice and a good-looking pool can maintain its value and can also increase the value of your property in general.

In turn, if you want to sell your home one day, you may be able to get a higher price for your home if your pool looks as nice as possible.

Longer lifespan of devices related to your pool

If you hire a good pool service technician, he will also know how to clean and operate pumps and other devices in a proper manner.

In turn, chances are that those devices will work much longer compared to a state where nobody actually cares about it.

This means that you will be able to save some money since you will not have to replace those devices after a short period of time.

Pool guys may be able to fix things

Good pool guys are not only responsible for cleaning your pool, but they often also have some expert knowledge when it comes to fixing things related to your pool.

While you may be rather helpless when it comes to fixing pool devices, an experienced pool service technician will be able to mitigate those issues pretty soon and will make sure that your pool and the devices related to it work in a proper manner.

Your pool guy may be able to do other tasks for you

You may even be able to outsource other tasks around your home to a pool guy.

If you find a reliable person who takes care of your pool, you can also ask this person if he or she is willing to also do the gardening work or other home improvement projects you may plan.

In fact, pool guys are often really good at home improvement and you may be able to hire those people to do other kinds of work for a relatively low price.

As you can see, there are definitely various advantages to having a pool buy at your place.

However, apart from those benefits, there are also some issues related to hiring a pool boy which I want to discuss in the following chapter.

Disadvantages of Hiring a Pool Boy

1. You have to pay your pool guy
2. Some pool guys don’t do good work
3. Pool service technicians may steal your stuff
4. Hard to find qualified staff
5. Pool boys come and go
6. Pool service professionals may not show up
7. You don’t know if they are actually working
8. Pool guys may use excessive amounts of chemicals
9. Pool guy companies often treat their employees quite bad
10. Relationships with pool guys may develop
11. You can use automated machines instead of hiring a pool guy
12. You can care for your pool yourself

You have to pay your pool guy

One disadvantage of hiring a pool guy is that it can cost significant amounts of money.

Depending on the size of your pool, you may have to spend many hundred dollars on your pool guy and you should make sure that pool maintenance is worth that much money to you.

You should also make sure that you make more money from your own job so that it makes sense to hire a pool guy also from an economic perspective.

Some pool guys don’t do good work

You should also not expect that every pool boy will do good work.

While there are some pool guys that are really good, knowledgeable and ambitious, others are rather lazy and not motivated at all.

Hence, before hiring a pool guy, make sure that you are careful regarding whom you choose and that you also let them do some trial work so that you get a better impression of whether hiring this person would be a good idea or not.

Pool service technicians may steal your stuff

Another problem with having a pool guy at your place is that pool guys may not be honest at all and may even steal your stuff in the worst case.

Especially if you have many precious things at home, it may be a bad idea to hire a pool cleaner since you just don’t know if your pool boy will take away your things sooner or later.

Sure, not all pool guys are dishonest.

Yet, since they often don’t make good money, they are often tempted to improve their income by stealing things and selling them afterward.

Hard to find qualified staff

Depending on the region you live in, you may also have a hard time finding qualified pool guys who really know what they are doing.

In many cases, pool boys have no expert knowledge at all and will therefore also not be able to care for your pool in a proper manner.

Also when things break down, your pool guy may not be able to fix those issues and you may have to hire an additional technician who can fix those problems.

If you employ a bad pool guy, he or she may even do more harm than good and you may have to spend more time to manage those people compared to just doing the pool work yourself.

Pool boys come and go

Due to the rather poor working conditions, many pool guys don’t want to work in their jobs sooner or later and just quit.

This means that you will have to get a new pool guy on a regular basis and that you will never get familiar with one of them.

In turn, you will also not get to know them as well as you may want to and will always have to adjust to the different character traits of people which can be really annoying in the long run since it can lead to all sorts of interpersonal issues.

Pool service professionals may not show up

Another downside of hiring a pool guy is that your pool boy may just not show up.

In fact, many workers in this field are rather unreliable and don’t take their work seriously at all.

If you hire one of those people, you will have all sorts of issues and also have to fire him or her pretty soon.

You don’t know if they are actually working

Since you will often be at work during the day, you will also not know what your pool guy is doing at your place and also don’t know if he or she is actually working or just relaxing on your pool.

In fact, it can be quite hard for a non-expert to determine how much time a pool guy needs to clean a pool and while you may pay your pool guy for a few hours a week, he or she may only work for one hour and relax for the remaining time.

In turn, you may pay much more than would actually be fair without being able to really do anything about it.

Pool guys may use excessive amounts of chemicals

While good pool guys will know how to care for a pool in a proper manner, there are also many beginners out there who don’t really know what they are doing.

This can be quite problematic, especially when it comes to handling potentially harmful chemicals.

In fact, many unknowledgeable pool guys use excessive amounts of chemicals, which is not only detrimental to our environment, but can also be damaging to our health.

Consequently, also make sure that the person you hire has extensive knowledge about pool chemicals and how to use them in a proper manner to avoid any issues in this regard.

Pool guy companies often treat their employees quite bad

While you may pay a reasonable price for the work of your pool guy, the company the pool guy works for may pay him or her pretty poor money.

In fact, only a fraction of what you are paying will end up in the pockets of your pool guy and working conditions for pool boys can be considered pretty poor due to that.

Most pool boys are not able to make a living from what they are doing and often need a second or even a third job to survive.

Consequently, you should also not hire a pool boy to protect pool workers until working conditions in this field become better.

Relationships with pool guys may develop

There had also been many stories of relationships that have developed between homeowners and pool guys.

Most of those relationships haven’t worked out well and if you don’t want to get into those intimate relationships, you may also not want to hire a pool guy.

You can use automated machines instead of hiring a pool guy

Thanks to our technological progress, you will also be able to use automated machines that could help you clean your pool without the need of hiring a pool boy anymore.

Sure, those machines are not perfect yet, but due to machine learning and artificial intelligence, they will become much better in the near future.

Consequently, you will just no longer need a pool guy since machines may be able to do most of the work for you.

You can care for your pool yourself

Last but not least, you could just do the pool work yourself.

It is not that complicated and if you are willing to spend some time on it, chances are that you will be able to gather most of the knowledge you need pretty soon and there will no longer be the need to hire a pool guy at all.

Top 10 Pool Guys Pros & Cons – Summary List

Pool Guys Pros	Pool Guys Cons
Pool guys can make your pool look nicer	Pool guys can be costly
Pool boys can make your life easier	Some pool guys are lazy
You can save plenty of time	Pool guys may do more harm than good
You will have more leisure	You can’t monitor their work
Makes sense if you make good money	Many pool guys quit sooner or later
You can outsource annoying work	Working conditions for pool guys are poor
You can avoid physical work	Pool guys may use excessive chemicals
Pool boys may be able to fix things	They may steal your stuff
You can outsource additional tasks	Many pool boys don’t have any knowledge
Good pool guys can make your life safer	Hard to find qualified staff

Is A Pool Guy Worth It?

Now that we talked about all the advantages and disadvantages of pool guys, it is on you to decide whether you want to hire a pool boy or if you rather want to do the work yourself and invest the money in other nice things related to your garden, such as treehouses, slides or backyard fire pits.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_pool_service_technician

About the Author

My name is Andreas and I’m really passionate about our environment and also about growing plants. In fact, I have grown several different plants over many years. I love to see my plants grow and also always try new things to improve my overall conditions at home.

In my blog posts, I want to share my experiences with you so that you can become successful in growing various different plants and improving your home as well, even though you might still be a beginner right now.