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Originally Posted by Vegas69
Some of you guys need to start reading the Healthy 101 thread.  
For the self employed and even some of you in management positions, you have to learn to delegate and make your employees more efficient. On top of that, you need to let them know your expectations from them and that can change by the day.
As the old saying goes, the tortoise wins the race. It's always a work in progress. My two employees have been with me for roughly 2 years. It keeps getting better and better. Karen is my personal assistant and her duties increase constantly. Sal is my team agent and he's taking on my less desirable clients along with working Saturdays so I have the option. To take this a step further, I prepare all my clients from day ONE that they may be service by an associate to improve our service and professionalism. I'm a Real Estate agent and I have set hours and really don't work more than 35-45 hours a week. I could work 7 days a week from bell to bell. Life is to important to me. You must work hard, but you must also work smart.
I didn't wake up one day and this all magically happened. I made small changes over time. The results are that I'm spending more time with my best clients. That's what I get paid to do. |
Best post in this thread so far.
I ran a 25 million dollar a year retail operation, and my boss would ask why I didn't fire people if I ended up working more than 45 hours. People are inexpensive and expendable, and you need to delegate responsibilities. Its really not hard to hire people, and you can fire them on a whim, and if you perpetually over staff a location you will have people hungry for work that don't work enough hours to get benefits. Your job as a manager isn't to do all the work, its to make sure it gets done. Even when I worked as a dealership tech, if you're not flagging 60 hours in 30-35 hours a work you need to find a new field.
My current job is salary and I work 40 hours on the dot(not counting a 8 hour a month furlough), its 168-176 hours a month depending on the length of the month. The chances of me getting overtime are zero. I get paid the same whether I'm working my ass off or sitting at my desk reading employee manuals. With the furloughs I get 252 hours of vacation a year and the command allows me the flexibility to go and play around with race cars when I want to.