Economics & Racing Beyond Our Means

[gmonde]

just add a few things,i dont know what all of you in on this disscusion do for work or own for bussineses but,the company that i work for is a family owned transportation bus charter/international dealership and is a good place to work but a challenging job and expectations are high,we have a monthly budget goal for every month(like other companys) but in order to meet these goals all of the stars,suns,moons,have to be in perfect alingment to make this happen,there bussines partner (the bank)looks at this month to month, now here is the fun part,as i am brought in the the monthly interigation room with the first comment starting out as"our numbers suck this month",well you didnt have to tell me that i know the numbers suck"we cant run like this"and looking at the budget numbers its not a wonder why they dont meet monthly budget,over head is way over its no wonder we cant meet these numbers ,these numbers are based on the best economic times when you quoted a engine rebuild(in chassis rebuild) for $10,000,00 the normal responce was "i need it just do it" it was easy ,but now its more like ,"i send the wrecker over to get it " but how bad is it really ,the owner has more toys than you can shake a stick at,the owners kid who graduated high school gets a new hummer,(we will see that in the shop all smashed up i am sure) this company runs over a 1,000 pieces of equiptment and i am well aware of the cost of running a transportation bussiness is not cheap and of coarse fuel impacting bussines cost so are we crying wolf or is this the real deal just another day in paradise gmonde