Taking over my family cleaning company and I want us to hire one person more than we need, vs the bare minimum # of people. I also want to pay them 18 instead of the 17 we currently do.
This will result in at least 1 but maybe 3 months where my family barely makes any profit, but I argue if they and we just tighten up the hatches for that small period of time, use our comfortably sized nest egg, then we can have a team thats stable for more than 3 months at a time AND we can finally grow by being able to aggressively pursue new clients
My family’s very against this and thinks I’m a naive socialist, basically. I’m a little out of arguments
A mentor told me you should always have an extra person on staff, as it will ensure you are motivated to sell. If you have exactly the right amount of staff, you won’t be as motivated to grow since you would be out of capacity.
I’m sure that doesn’t fit every situation, but I thought it was interesting.