The Grounds Guys : Jim and Tina Cook on Grounds Guys Work-Life Balance

This owner testimonial features Tina and Jim Cook, owners of The Grounds Guys of Pflugerville and Cedar Park since 2018. In the video, Tina explains that the couple researched many franchises before landing on Neighborly and its Grounds Guys brand. She reflects candidly on their life before ownership, when Jim's job kept him traveling as much as eighty percent of the time and left almost no work-life balance. That constant travel took a toll, and he simply was not happy. By contrast, she describes how even during the hard first year of business, Jim was present every day and genuinely happy to be there, which mattered more to her than anything. The Cooks share that beyond the business model, the brand's value system was what won Tina over. She was impressed that the company did not just hang nice words on the wall but actually believed in them and tried to live by them each day. In the video they talk about the joys and occasional challenges of working together from a home office, and about becoming the kind of bosses they always wished they had. Now setting their own hours and choosing who they work with, the Cooks say they take pride in serving their community one lawn care job at a time, just as they have for six years.