ScCo
02-18-2005, 11:20 AM
The following will come as no surprise to those of you who have ever been part of a partnership, but nonetheless I'll state it anyway.
The guy I (reluctantly) went into business with has decided that he wants to play the quantity/low baller game as opposed to being patient in growth and picking up quality accounts. Thus prompting me to allow him to buy out my part of the company so that I'm not involved with the company when things go down hill. I don't want to be any part of the lowballing game as I'm not interested in working my tail off day and night to make less money that I could make working elsewhere...with much less headache.
...so i'm now, no longer a part owner of a company.
The good news:
After meeting with the owner of the longest standing, most well-established company in my area, it looks like I'm going to have a job as a crew leader for one of his maintenance crews. The contracts he maintains are 100% commercial and are all very high quality, high profile accounts, which emphasize a quality finished product over "get it done as fast as possible and cut as many corners as possible." I'm going to be making almost us much as I alotted for my salary in the company I was co-owner of, and not having all the extra work to do after the sun goes down.
The change in paths is something I'm excited about at this point as I can learn a great deal from the company i'm likely to go to work for and make a good living with a lot less stress than I have been under up until recently.
The main point of this thread is to reiterrate that for 99.99999% of people, partnerships suck. The secondary point being that I'm excited about the new direction that things are taking, and I'm looking forward to working for a company of the caliber of the one that i'm going (99% sure) to be working for in the very near future.
Hope the upcoming season goes well for everyone,
ScCo
The guy I (reluctantly) went into business with has decided that he wants to play the quantity/low baller game as opposed to being patient in growth and picking up quality accounts. Thus prompting me to allow him to buy out my part of the company so that I'm not involved with the company when things go down hill. I don't want to be any part of the lowballing game as I'm not interested in working my tail off day and night to make less money that I could make working elsewhere...with much less headache.
...so i'm now, no longer a part owner of a company.
The good news:
After meeting with the owner of the longest standing, most well-established company in my area, it looks like I'm going to have a job as a crew leader for one of his maintenance crews. The contracts he maintains are 100% commercial and are all very high quality, high profile accounts, which emphasize a quality finished product over "get it done as fast as possible and cut as many corners as possible." I'm going to be making almost us much as I alotted for my salary in the company I was co-owner of, and not having all the extra work to do after the sun goes down.
The change in paths is something I'm excited about at this point as I can learn a great deal from the company i'm likely to go to work for and make a good living with a lot less stress than I have been under up until recently.
The main point of this thread is to reiterrate that for 99.99999% of people, partnerships suck. The secondary point being that I'm excited about the new direction that things are taking, and I'm looking forward to working for a company of the caliber of the one that i'm going (99% sure) to be working for in the very near future.
Hope the upcoming season goes well for everyone,
ScCo