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Couple of developments over the past 3 weeks: Fired my first employee. Wow firing people is terrible. I have a strong conviction this was the right thing to do for the business, but on a human level it’s hard not to feel a huge amount of empathy for the individual. Hired 2 people. One will be a sharpener in the warehouse and the other will take over my route freeing up my time up to work on the business. Brought on a new supplier and received pricing for To-Go containers 🥡🥤. These items are used weekly by restaurants will compliment our current offering of nitrile gloves and trash can liners. One of my large box trucks broke down. The fix was relatively inexpensive, but it did prompt the thought to sell that vehicle and use a smaller more efficient van for that route. The price increase was accepted without complaint by almost every customer. Of my ~350 customers we had 3-4 complaints over the increase and 1 customer dropped us (they did not mention the increase as a reason but the timing would imply it was related). I think we are likely still too close to being a price leader which is not where I want to be.

The last thing businesses need when hiring MEWPs to work at height is machine delivery delays and/or breakdowns. Often with these issues plans are ruined with teams unable to start work as promised, leads to job cancellations, or impacts scheduling for the next jobs, which seriously strains internal and customer relationships. There are always administrative, time, and financial impacts following late deliveries and machine failure which can negatively affect your bottom line or your ability to win repeat business. Here at Horizon Platforms we support our customers with a great service to allow them to work effectively and safely at height no matter what.

𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗗𝗥𝘀/𝗦𝗗𝗥𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆.....😆 ....said No-One ! 🤨 During the past few years, I have been involved in quite some hiring for junior sales positions in a field where 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗥𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 meets on a daily basis. M͟y͟ ͟b͟i͟g͟g͟e͟s͟t͟ ͟l͟e͟a͟r͟n͟i͟n͟g͟s͟ ͟a͟r͟e͟:͟ ͟H͟i͟r͟e͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟.͟.͟.͟ 1. ... 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘 and Motivation within the person. 2. ... 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟 over previous experience. 3. ... 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗶𝘁 within the team! 4. ... 𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 / 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 within the team (a diverse team (extrovert/introvert; Gendersplit; Detailed vs. Chaos) Of course following the gut feeling is bit factor as well but removing biases as much as possible will most likely make you choose the right person for your team! 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴? #outbound #hiring SDRs of Germany WorkFlex

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