Sorry 'bout that folks... I was just a tad bit upset when I typed out that last post... Perhaps one might even say discouraged... At any rate, putting a few days between then and now has allowed me to calm down a bit... I suspect that though they're going to try to run me out of business, they aren't going to... They are going to force us to make some changes in the way we operate... We're still discussing what those changes will be, but at the very least we'll have to raise our labor rates a bit which does suck. We may also have to back away from useing the crews we usually do, and resort to hireing a number of people from a labor company we work with occasionally, as hireing them doesn't contribute to our workers comp bill... We may even dompletely drop workers comp coverage on my partner and I, and pick up personal insurance instead. (and yes, I know that is getting in to the grey area of the law, but we're looking in to that as well) Naturally we'd keep it for the workers, but 95% of the time, the biggest danger to myself is papercuts...
On the plus side, we've started really rolling on the busy season already. It normally kicks off in December, but we're up more than a month early this year. Always a good sign. Not to mention the early revenue is going to help pay for the insurance... What a pain...
Posted by Backstage at October 26, 2004 08:27 AM