My partner is not who i thought he was
i have known this guy for ages. we started 15 years ago together as trainees, i moved to different cities and last year i came back here and we started a carpentry together as 50/50 owners.
ive noticed more and more things that makes it harder to do anything in terms of long term profitability. he regulary wants to do quick fixes, last minute schedule changes, overcharge, add extra to invoices higher than agreed amount.
I think we have burnt bridges with 3 different companies last year. about 15 days 1 or 2 of our employees had been sitting at home because "im not working for free"
every decision is almost a get rich scheme.
"oh we should do decking its great money in that" then gets me to contact every supplier and lead site to set these up. then he leaves MASSIVE qoutes around 40-80% higher than average. gets plenty of declines . i leave one qoute at regular pricing or 10% below average. massive crashout and refuses to show up to do it so i have to drop everything to do the job he wanted get into.
i manage to bag a contract that will generate enough job to keep us busy for a year or 2. first thing he wanta to do is to hire eastern europeans to do the job uber cheap so we can "become millionaires real fast"
he sent in this guy to do some parquette flooring. 2 rooms has pretty squint flooring and only the two i helped with is straight. i had to do a section because "you cant lay it backwards directions" which is odd because the flooring guys i bring in can do it. costs more per hour but puts down the floor at 3x times the speed.
i starting to feel like starting this was a shite decision. like the more days i put into this the more i tarnish my reputation