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I’ve been wondering this for a while and figured now might be a good time to ask. Just curious what hours people try to keep. Are you a 9-5’r? Are you available all the time no matter what? Does the phone ever leave your hip or get shut off? Will you work on Saturday if it’s only a service call for a new customer? I assume people with multiple trucks/employees keep longer hours than the single guy/gal in a van. Since every week is different, I entered the poll questions as to what you are willing to do. This poll is not meant to bash anyone for the work hours they keep, whether too great or too small, but rather to get a perspective as to what people want/expect out of their Heaven’s Best franchise. If you have any insight on ways to lower hours, but still keep production up, throw them in. No one likes to work any longer than they have to. Or, if experience shows you too much isn’t worth it, say so. Voice your opinion.
ddevlin,
I have been working about 65 hours a week for the past month. When I start the week off I usually have about 15 jobs booked up for that upcoming week and then book the remainder of the week on Monday. I will, if necessary, book a 6:00pm job to land the customer. That has been the norm for me for some time. I know that soon I’ll be able to ease that back. Hopefully by Mar-Apr.
I will work almost any hours. I won’t work Sundays even for a repeat customer. Other than that I will do any hours. I do try to stay around the 40-50 hours a week though.
I’ve been working , from the time I leave the house to the time I have my truck ready for the next day, about 12 hrs a day. Maybe 6 Saturdays per year. I recently hired a part time woman to help with vacs and misc. I reduced my hrs. to 10 per day and increased my sales by $200 per day. I come home less tired, more money in my pocket and more time to count it. The hard part is finding the right person. I used to think that I needed a strong young guy to lug equipment around, but to find one that fits my criteria was nearly impossible. I decided to sacrifice braun for work ethics, honesty, appearance and personality.
The longer I’m in business, the more regular I have structured my work week. Early on, I would give service any time or any day. Now, I have 2 vans, we start work at 8:30 and are home before 5:00. I get most of my commercial work by osmosis. I don’t look for it because commercial work is not conducive to my home life. The biggest thing I’ve learned is that we don’t have to kill ourselves to make a good living. If we do quality work, and give the best possible service, most customers are willing to wait.
:sh 🙄 ock: 🙂 8-5,6,7 varies,saturdays too.as soon as i finish my last job i head to laundry mat,go home when done there and clean my equipment up,and reload.cocked,locked and ready to rock. oh yea,i hit the weights also.keep on roooooolin!!!!!!
I have been trying to work a 4 day work week with friday or monday off .
The hardest thing is to schedule..if the end of the week looks slow i take friday if not i take monday even if I have to work late..3 day weekends are nice when you get them..also if i work a saturday i take a day off during the week…We run our vans from 8:30am until 6:30pm, Monday – Saturday. We run three vans most days, two on Saturdays. We have one day per week where we take evening jobs (residential after work, commercial after offices close).
We do contracted commercial work on Sundays (some high-end restaurants are closed Sunday in DC).
My guys work five days, 10 – 12 hours per day. Jim and I work six days, though I see this dropping to five next year.
We used to take just about any job, just about any time. We’ve been setting boundaries over the last two years, and find that we seldom lose jobs because of it.
We work as many hours as it takes to keep our customers happy .we load up the schedule early in the week and try to get done early on fridays ……We work sat and sundays when necessary ….
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