Receptionist
AI employee · Front desk · Phone
Asks what the property needs and how big it is, takes the address, texts you the job.
Landscaping calls come in spring, all at once, while you are on a mower with the phone in a pocket you cannot reach. Maxxus.ai hires you a receptionist that captures each one in your name, a renewal agent that re-signs last year's customers for the season, and a collections agent that follows up the invoices you would rather not chase, each disclosing that it is an AI and calling only where consent is on file.
The moment
A homeowner who wants weekly mowing calls three companies from the porch. An AI receptionist asks what the property needs and roughly how big it is, takes the address and the number, and texts it to you before the second company picks up. No estimate given, just the job, captured while you finish the row.
The roster
Three jobs from the roster, each briefed on your landscaping company. Hire one to start; the others share the brief.
AI employee · Front desk · Phone
Asks what the property needs and how big it is, takes the address, texts you the job.
AI employee · Sales · Phone
Calls last season's customers before the season starts and re-books the service, only where consent is on file.
Only where consent is on file.
AI employee · Back office · Back office
Follows up on the invoices you flag, politely and on the schedule you set, and sends the payment link you provide.
Only where consent is on file.
A shift in this trade
A sample call in one landscaping company's brief. Every business gets its own brief, so your employees know your hours, your calendar and your prices, not a generic script.
Incoming call · 11:20 am, April
[SAMPLE CALL]Job texted with lot size and bed notes; no price given.
The first-day brief
Ten minutes on the phone with us, and the three things only your landscaping company can tell us.
Your first hire, by hours worked
Your first hire takes the tier you pick, whatever the role. Every hire after it is the additional wage on the same brief and adds to the pool. The wages page prints every figure.
$149a month
1 hire, 100 minutes in the pool
$249a month
1 hire, 200 minutes in the pool
$399a month
1 hire, 500 minutes in the pool
The comparison
One full-time receptionist at the median wage, benefits included, beside the full-time AI receptionist. Published figures, derived where it says derived, with the sources printed under the card.
| Human receptionist | AI receptionist | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | about $4,500, derived | $249, Full-time |
| Hours covered | about 173 a month, weekdays | 730 a month, every hour of every day |
| Sick days and turnover | Sick days, vacation, and the next hire when this one leaves | Never sick, never late, never quits |
| Time to hire | Weeks | Same day |
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Receptionists, 2025 data: median pay $38,010 a year, $18.27 an hour. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, March 2026, private industry: benefits 30.1% of total compensation. Fetched 2026-09-04.
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