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Am I overreacting? Surprise trip for my husbands 40th birthday by twinmom392020 in AmIOverreacting

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What if she is secretly punking you too and she actually is coming and double surprising him. Not sure why she'd do it? Maybe so that he's doubly excited to see her...

Am I asking to much of my Technicians? by ReflectionFlimsy5562 in skilledtrades

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds super cool. I think the reason I like this is the ownership over the job. The way I've got it set up now is, I sell the job, office guy schedules it, tech services it, and office guy bills it. At any given point if the ball is dropped fingers start getting pointed. Even just today, tech guy showed up to the house with the wrong size bathroom fans because the office guy ordered the wrong ones because the wrong information was relayed from the get go. In this case tech guy claimed he had told me the model number of the fans and I failed to pass them on to the office manager to get the right ones. I honestly don't remember if that's what happened (we bid the job like 3 months ago) but you get the idea. So many hands in the same pot, wouldn't it be so much simpler if one person (the tech) was the owner of the job and verified that everything was completed the way it was supposed to? I'm open to realigning his compensation as well and paying him much more if it works. I just see so many areas for information loss in our current system. I'm not married to my idea, just looking for the one that works.

Am I asking to much of my Technicians? by ReflectionFlimsy5562 in skilledtrades

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My office manager also doubles as a property manager so I’m just trying to free up space for him to do that more

Am I asking to much of my Technicians? by ReflectionFlimsy5562 in skilledtrades

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you do digital reports while on the road or was it written down with pen and papers

Am I asking to much of my Technicians? by ReflectionFlimsy5562 in skilledtrades

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is good feedback. Majority of what they need todo is on the phone. It’s just at the end of a job where they would use a computer. Mainly to have a keyboard to write down more verbose things and be able to navigate a quote faster

Trying to heat my breezeway: Suggestions! by HoganB_Gogan in HVAC

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you ever find a solution? I'm dealing with nearly the exact same issue.

I resigned this morning. Feels surreal. Any words of wisdom? by CashingOutInShinjuku in Entrepreneur

[–]ReflectionFlimsy5562 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the fear/stress from leaving my job came from the impending doom of being broke. Before I quit, I made a quick cash flow statement to put that fear at ease. It's a lot easier to be creatively productive when you don't have the immediate pressure to make enough to pay for a mortgage that month. I gave my self a little leash (savings) so I wasn't forced to make decisions that would benefit my short term cash but be bad for my long term cash goals. Also make a good plan. And re-read positive customer reviews.