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The government is staffed for peak workloads and whenever there is slack, they are expected to justify their position so they make more regulations. Then it snowballs. New leadership has to make their mark so they do it by changing things. It's never enough to just keep things running, it's...

While I'm here with the bucket truck, give me 100 bucks and I'll clean your gutters

I hate real estate, too much maintenance and the damn taxes/insurance are there whether it's vacant or occupied.

You have to go to work everyday to make money, to pay bills that never stop coming in right? You're forced to carry insurance if you have a business, drive a car, carry a mortgage, want decent medical care etc. We're all a slave to the dollar. I don't really care, it was just a response to...

It doesn't match what you sent, shouldn't matter why, that's part of what you pay them for.

Life is slavery. You can't glean what tax rates should be from the Laffer curve, it's just a theory that nobody knows where the peak will actually be. It could be at 2% or it could be 99% and the theory would still hold true. Plus the US tax rates are progressive which further complicates...

That is how a lot of asset heavy business owners have made their money. A 20 year old used crane will bring damn near the same money today as it cost new. So run 10 of these things for 20 years, sell out and you make a mint.

I posted the actual number, where do you get 8? You can't pull 1 good out of the basket and use it as an argument that the actual rate is wrong. C'mon man, you how this works. Not directed at you Netsol but I wish the news would shut up about inflation. Not because it should be hidden but...

You stated an unpopular opinion that I agree with wholeheartedly, raise taxes. You will see more investment in facilities, people, equipment etc when there is a strong monetary motivation to spend excess earnings. At the current rates, there isn't a whole lot of incentive to spend or expand...

Signarama Jockey, Guy running the business also needs to be careful to not get themselves overextended. The past few years we're an anomaly and from my seat things look to be slowing down. If your labor gets to be too much for a lowered volume then you have to cut hours and heads which isn't...

straight to the dumpster

This pays dividends!

Everything went up so fast over the last couple of years that I feel as if the performance based metrics we're almost thrown out the window and raises became a matter of upping everyone to keep pace with the market so they wouldn't quit. It makes it a bit more tricky now that things have sort...

Not it wasn't, it was 3.4% for 2023. https://www.investopedia.com/inflation-rate-by-year-7253832

I'd be worried about a wall with no laminate, especially in somewhere like a hospital or school that gets cleaned all the time.

It's similar here but it seems like this year will be soft compared to last. I always talk to our employees, make sure they're doing ok outside of work, see if they need anything and make sure the group is all getting along. The good ones will quietly leave if things are out of wack so you...

Retail and fast food could pay $30/hr and still have a hard time finding employees. Schedule is never the same week to week, sporadic hours, few full time positions and O/T is pretty much out of the question. Plus the job sucks. $15/hr is pretty much the current markets minimum wage. The...

True but unfortunately I think the shitty employees rarely come to this realization on their own or have the ability to process subtle messages. So general consensus is $1-2/hr is the current expectation for a good employee? $20/hr would be 5-10% which puts them a smidgen above the rate of...

Does anyone have any insight into what they would consider a fair amount vs an insulting amount for an hourly shop employee raise? I don't feel like the old 25-50/cents an hour bump is enough anymore but I also need room for the future without pricing myself out.

Exactly, so hurry up and get that stuff printed, they need it today.