My father would shoot me for posting this, but I need the support.
I think this is the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. (Excluding my mom’s death while we were on our Honeymoon in Hawaii. That was cancer, and we knew it was going to be soom) Business is down. We had some really big contracts delayed 6-12 months, or longer. In other words, no cash flow. So this morning my father & I had to lay off our 3 employees. We will not take salaries for probably 2 months, hopefully not more. They took it well, at face value anyway. I think it’s harder on me at this point. I’m sitting here almost in tears. What’s worse is 2 of them are my friends, 1 with a new house and baby #3. So now we restructure. We may have to find a smaller office, and we will cut back all unnecessary costs. I’m going to sell the Maxima to keep my personal expenses down. The Hawk is paid for, so the good new is I don’t have to sell her, yet. I’ll probably buy my friends Fiero this fall for a winter beater.
We should be able to survive. In 2 months we hope to have any outstanding debt paid off, so things should be looking up at that point. We should be able to land some small contracts to get us by until our January yearly maintenance cost come in from our customers. We just have to work harder, and longer hours, nothing we didn’t have to do in the past. When the economy is down, many places want to computerize to improve efficiency. That’s where we come in on a Municipal & School level. That’s where we do our best work. So with any luck and a lot of prayers & hard work on our part, we can build up to where we need to be in the future. I anticipate a 12-month recovery process. I hope it’s sooner, but that is a realistic goal, at least for now.
I won’t be at Skyline drive this fall, nor will I be able to attend Bragg-Smith either. And I just can’t work on the map anymore, so if anyone is interested, I can email you all of the files. You just need a website for it.
So I ask for prayers & support to get us through.
Kevin
Posted by DanA_F99_1977 (Member # 118) on :
Kevin, you have our prayers and our support. Just let us know if you need anything. I know how you feel. I understand your situation is different because it is a family business but I have had to be the bad guy more times than I want ot remember as far as letting people go. It really sucks. I have a hundred stories of friends and situations that had bad situations. I had to make the decisions and then let them go. This time, it's my turn. Have faith. All things happen for a reason. God does his work through us in strange ways (to us anyway) and we just have to believe that he has a purpose. Again, just let us know and we are there for you.
Posted by HTWLSS (Member # 117) on :
Kevin, Hang in there.......as hard as it is to deal with at the time, one door closing allows another one to open. You'll get through it. Just call on us here if you need anything.
Posted by poSSum (Member # 119) on :
Kevin ... I feel for you ... I've dealt with setbacks at work before ... fortunately they have not had significant financial impact on me personally.
Posted by elsshowerdoor (Member # 1065) on :
Hang in there man. Everyone is tightening up their belts theese days and myself included. We have to support one another until our economy begins to build back. Keep a stiff upper lip, w'ell make it through this. Good luck. Eric Posted by Joe #6172 (Member # 550) on :
We're all here for ya. Keep your chin up and take it one day at a time. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
Posted by amy00ss (Member # 106) on :
Hang in there Kevin. My company just went through lay offs and I had to see some friends go. I was glad that I was not in a position to have to make the decisions. I know it is really hard on those people. We're all here for you.
And about that F-body map. A guy in my local club has the projecttransam.com site. I could see if he will host the f-body map. I'll let you know.
Posted by MaryandRalph (Member # 244) on :
Kevin, Keep the faith, You are not alone...Many are going through the same. My work is doing the same thing. Let us know if we can help.
Ralph
Posted by DaddySS (Member # 848) on :
We're with you and here to help.
Posted by amy00ss (Member # 106) on :
Hey Kevin--I just sent you an email about the map.
