Out with old, In with the new!!!!!

[chillin2058]

I have been working with this company for two years. In September I was appointed General manager/co-owner. It is a very small company but has been in business 20 years. Before now everything has sloppy careless as far as office and book-keeping issues are concerned. Our quality of work is top notch and is very professional but with this new responsibility I am ready to raise the bar. I have already been working on employee handbooks, business cards, doorhangers, etc. I have also been working on broadening our clientele. We are about 90% residential and 10% commercial. If I could get any tips and ideas on how to teach this old dog some new tricks I would appreciate it. Thanks

[mikeslawnservice]

Chillin,

Where is Abingdon?

Do you mean Abington, PA?

Mike S.

[chillin2058]

Abingdon is in Virginia. On the border of Tennessee. I'm about 20 minutes from the Bristol Race Track.

[chillin2058]

I've got Quickbooks 99. I'd like to go ahead and get the new version. It's just so damn expensive but, I hear you can download it from Kazaa for less than half the price. That's what I heard anyway.
What do you guys think about hiring a secretary/bookkeeper or something like that. It's rough going out and working 12 to 14 hours a day and then come home and play around with the computer all night.

[mellowjohny]

A word of caution about Kazaa. I hear from a friend of mine who knows alot about hacking ( I won't say any more than that ) that you should be carefull on that site. Virus city. Caveat Emptor.

[chillin2058]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll keep that in mind.

[clclawn]

your tied of working 12-14 hour days to come home and do paper work?????????? thats all the fun

[clclawn]

old dog new tricks?????????

you are in charge of some struff, he is in charge of other.

he's been doing it 20 years, you will not chang him.

make him in charge of getting the work done, you do book keeping, and get new biz, or the other way around. overlap will cause fighting.

[chillin2058]

I'm not trying to change him. He is trying to change himself. He brought me on to take a load off him. He wants to better himself and his company. We have a great relationship on and off the job. As far as bookeeping goes, we both do it. It is way too much on one person to work 12 and day and then go home and beat on the computer for the rest of the night.

[chillin2058]

The fun is being out there on the job! That is where I shine and love to be. I push myself everyday. I just hate coming in and putting everything in the computer. Comes with the territory so I guess I shouldn't complain.