You’ve been waiting all year for the phone to ring and the bank account to start its recovery. Now that it’s here, are you prepared? Hopefully, you did some things to prepare for the onslaught.
Over the winter, I pull the financial reigns in and try to keep spending to a minimum. This is nothing major; I just keep an eye on what’s really needed and consider items or tasks we delay or eliminate. One major savings has been not giving in to the temptation to have the techs come in to the shop and do small remodeling or cleaning projects when work is short. If we have trouble keeping everyone on a legitimate job, I just go to the guys and ask, “Anybody OK to take a day off this week? Anyone want to head home a bit early a few days this week?”