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Written by stephen
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Thursday, 18 December 2008 06:11 |
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This week I had to lay-off all my staff except for Jon, the office manager, and I cut him down to half time. Between the recession and the holidays and the bad weather, the work has trickled off to barely anything, and a lot of it is review and legal descriptions and entitlement stuff that I can do by myself. It's sad to cut people off, but I only have to remember back a few years to when I always expected the shop to close up for winter; especially field crew. We've just been so busy that the last few winters we worked every day that the weather allowed and that kept office staff busier also. I haven't touched an instrument in a while though, and I felt a little rusty turning angles today. This office is right in there with the rest of the country, fewer clients and people trying to bargain us down on price. It isn't the end. I figure people are not going to stop fighting with their neighbors or needing planning and mapping services entirely, but there is just a general slow-down and we're a part of it. I feel bad for the guys who have been working hard and have gotten good at their jobs and are now looking at no rent money for January.
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