Future of The Environmental Services Industry

Downsize, Reinvent or Shut it Down Downsize, reinvent or shut it down? These are very difficult but very real propositions for many small business owners and managers throughout the country right now.  None of these propositions is comfortable.  Make the revenue cover overhead expenses and payroll. Not easy, especially when revenue is shrinking and forecasting your shrinking revenue is difficult at best.  Then what's this talk of a double dip recession?  What is a double dip recession anyway?  That's all we need is more bad news.  Then ......the waiting to get paid........the waiting to get paid is the worst.  Your employees, for some reason, don't like to wait to get paid.  For most companies these days, "forcing" profitability requires downsizing and reinventing your business. I use the term "forcing" because that's what describes what has to happen.  Forcing it. It's making it happen regardless of the pressure against it.  You nee...

~ Hard work is the key to success, so work diligently on any project you undertake. If you truly want to be successful, be prepared to give up your leisure time and work past 5 PM and on weekends. Also, have faith in yourself. If you come up with a new idea that you believe in, don't allow other people to discourage you from pursuing it. ~    Charles Lazarus - Famous Jazz Trumpet Musician There is this longstanding dispute between people that work mostly in the field and people that work mostly in the office.  The office workers will grumble to the field workers (usually only on days with really nice weather) about how lucky they are to work outside all the time.  Conversely, the field workers will gripe (mostly on days with really crappy weather) about how lucky the office people are to have "cushy desk jobs".  As it always has been....as it always will be. As I write this, it is a really nice day outside and I'm inside in the office wishing I could b...