What's the longest stretch you have gone without the phone ringing?
Mine is going on two weeks.
Never really paid attention, but the new orders were few and far between during this past winter. Probably about three over a stretch of two months.
It really took off this spring but has since slowed to a crawl. The talking heads are saying that a double dip recession is possible, so consumer confidence has once again gone down the tubes.
My Phone is buzzing
as is my fax and email... but, I'm only getting maybe 5% of what I quote.
I recently quoted a 50-lot subd (Phase II), with extras, such as topo of an erosion channel, checking control in Phase I, verify boundary of Phase II, as-built of Phase I, etc.
I am a solo op, and submitted what I thought was a very competitive proposal. Client told me the next highest proposal (he got 5 proposals) was less than 1/2 of mine...
He didn't even offer me the opportunity to revise it (which I couldn't/wouldn't)
So someone out there is literally paying the Client to work 😐
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you...
I had to get rid of all my employees, had zero work for months. Then my phone started ringing off the hook. I couldn't keep up solo and couldn't find any help so I had to turn work away.
Now I have no work again, people are now wanting me to hire them and the phone isn't ringing again.
If the events of the last 10 months could have synchronized a little better, I'd be doing pretty good right now. But that is asking WAY TO MUCH of life. 😐
My Phone is buzzing
My Survey side is dead.... Title Insurance side is extrememly busy.
My Phone is buzzing
Things have slowed, but, we are doing OK. Sort of nice to get a chance to do the little things you put off until you run out of URGENT stuff.
My phone did not ring for 2 days week before last. On Wednesday about noon of that week, my boss walked into my cubicle and told me my phone was not working. It had been out for 2 days and I enjoyed every one of them. The people that needed to talk to me sent e-mails and I replied with e-mail or called them. I could call out, but could not receive calls.:-)
Sometimes a few days...we are a small firm so it doesn't take to much to get busy..