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Originally Posted by Ginster6
being the boss is always good. I own 2-1/2 different companies.
Only problem the staff will never work as hard as you. so most of the times you end up doing it.
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Precisely. But then again, why should they? I'm not suffering from any delusional thoughts that they care about my business like I do, and they aren't frankly compensated to care the same as I do. Care, yes, just not to the same extent.
Which is why it is exhausting at times.
For example, the last 50-60 tax returns I just went through, I'd say at least half had little errors in them. Generally not the same one over and over, but I would either correct it (after I called the client to get the missing info) or I'd give it back to them to correct it so that they can learn from it if I thought it was repeating. These are errors that maybe saved the client $400 - $800 on average I'd guess and they are also errors that the client would never ever notice. I *could* have just processed them as is and not corrected anything and it would have saved me a lot more time instead of me working till about 11pm every night in April M-F, and during the day on Saturdays. I *could* have. But I can't really, because I care. They don't. But I know that, and prepare for it.
Ultimately, having staff can sometimes be a bit like adult babysitting. But when you do too much of it, its time to cut the umbilical cord and let the adult go to other opportunities.