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even from day 1 we were never a one man company. there is very little money in a one man landscape operation unless it is some odd niche that can be very high hourly money.. (like this fella who is a rose exert who does consultations in the NE and charges really high $- $100 an hour or something.)
it is no secret that it takes a few employees to help produce enough to make a decent living. we are all selling hours. some sell hours at a higher cost than others, some have a lower overhead and can generate more per hour. whatever the strategy, we personally need to have working bosses to 1. perform the work to the quality expected, 2. add to the production to create the correct hours sold
the tough part of that is (for me) 1. the physical toll on my body as I spend 10 hours per day and come home to spending another 2 at night so i always feel tired and sore 2. the costant rushing around everywhere 3. the disorganization of our shop, systems, and general management 4. the difficulty of being a working boss and trying to always "do as i do rather than do as i say". sometimes it is hard for even the two bosses to live up to the ideal we would like to.
i would like to think that in time down the road the two bosses could be less physical on jobs that are really strenuous like horrible horrible brush/land clearing for 1. the key is having enough supervisory types to be able to back off and do that. we have 1 good one. we have looked for a second and thought we have found good potential a few times in the last three years only to be let down.
anyway, keeping good people is important.... if you can find them first.
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