Hey folks, I’m in the need for some advice. Last Fri my office manager moved on to her new career.But the good
news she gave a 2 week notice… But yesterday my one and only helper got his dream job approval(Fish and Game)
I’m very happy for him!! His new positions starts Monday!! (oh Cr*p). then to top it all off my partner told me today
that he’s needed back at home to care for his father(i understand stand that fully) and he whats out…
But now I feel like every body jump ship!!
Advice that I’m looking for…should i just down size work load so i can handle everything myself…
[B][I]I know some of you would say no (HIRE)… but the workers in this area are all from the same gene pool and the pools shallow!!
If you know what i mean!!! [/I][/B]
If you don’t think you can find qualified people, then maybe down sizing is the thing to do for awhile. But like the others said, think it over for a few days, maybe you can sub some jobs out if you are really short handed. Good luck.
You have to get those answers before you can really begin to formulate a plan. You can find a new office manager and helper, even in the shallow gene pools, but I wonder if your partner was running a lot of jobs that you can’t absorb without needing a new tech to run those jobs independently.
Well Dave I hope to have some solid game plan put together soon.
July first 2 weeks are full Res & Route.
Goals= for now is to refocus on the task at hand…
Oct-Dec slow RES. steady route work year round…
If you need some quick help, try your local temp agency. Most temp agencies will allow you to hire the person, if you get a good one, for little or no fee. I found one employee that way that stayed with me for 5 years.
My wife will come help me on bigger window cleaning jobs that I schedule on the weekend. She caught on faster than any of the 20 year old guys who have helped me in the past (they say the prefrontal cortex isn’t even fully developed in men until they reach 25 lol :)). Maybe consider lightweight tools - stecone featherweights. Not to say that all women would prefer that, but the fewer reasons someone has to quit and/or get injured etc, the better.
Make it as easy for your employees to do the job as possible, IMO.
Man, if my wife wasn’t a girly girl I would have her working with me . She hates her job. Its a shame she wouldn’t be able to handle the winter either, So cleaning windows is not in her future. She does do receivables, an all my invoicing for me though an that is a big help.
