Mike AndesFounder, Augusta Lawn Care and Homeworks · Founder of Homeworks and Augusta Lawn Care

When Should An Owner Get Out Of The Field???

13 Dec 2021 · 1 min

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Mike Andes says owners usually leave the field too early. At $150k-200k revenue with just two employees, you're not ready. Wait until you hit $500k or your estimator is handling 10-15 quotes a day. Until then, spend 75-80% of your time in the field.

Questions this video answers

About $500,000 in revenue.

Around $150,000–$200,000 with only two employees.

About 10–15 estimates per day.

Approximately 75–80% of the day in the field.

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At what point should the owner or GM get out of the field? I typically say around 500,000 in revenue. Really depends on your business setup. I think a lot of people get out of the field too soon and they're doing like 150, 200,000 in revenue per year and they have like two employees. It's like why are you getting out of field? You should be out in the field working 75 to 80% of the day because you're only getting a couple estimates a day. Like when you're getting 10, 15 estimates a day. Now you're a full time estimator. If you're getting one, two estimates a day. You should not be working on the business. You should not be doing estimates all day long. It does not take all day long to do two estimates. I'm sorry, it just does not. You should be working 75% of your time out in the field. Still, if you're at one or two employees.