How Do I Know When It’s
Time to Hire Someone?

Many growing
business owners
wonder when is
the right time pull
the trigger and
hire a new
employee.
Learn more about when to hire.

The easiest way to
know you need to hire
someone is when you
are overwhelmed and
stressed!

You might even notice that your crews are
incredibly overwhelmed too.

Great business
owners know
that working
on billable
hours is critical
for any
company.

So when you are so swamped that you
can’t bill any more work—that’s
actually the best time to hire.

Some of the concerns that may keep
you from hiring—
• Will I have enough work for this person?
• Can I afford this person?
• What exactly will I have this person do?
How to avoid hiring mistakes.

Carry a notebook for a week and write
down everything you did that week.
• Phone calls, 30 minutes
• Sharpened mower blades, 1 hour
• Bought irrigation stuff, 1 ½ hours
• Made a flower run, 30 minutes
• Did some invoicing, 1 hour

At end of week, figure out what
percentage of that work someone else
could do.

Delegating some of the work means
you can—
• Go out to drum up more work
• Bill more work
• Spend more time working on the business.
• Put your efforts into those things that bring in
more money.
Learn ways to find new team members.

You have to hire more people to bill more
time so you have more money so you can
hire more people.

This is very challenging when your business is
small because most don’t have a lot of money.
But you HAVE to take the risk.

You can’t make
more money if
you can’t free up
your time—
which requires
hiring more
people.

For example: If an office administrator costs
you $15 per hour, but frees you up to go bill
some irrigation work for $80 per hour, then
you have a win-win!

Service Autopilot helps you track time
and expenses so you can make better
hiring decisions!