WORK LIFE BALANCE???

[plumb_know]

Hi Everyone,

Just wondering what sort of hours people are working as i seem to be working all the time, thinking it may be time to take on another engineer.

i leave the house at 7ish and get home about 7-8pm then do paperwork till 11-12.

 

[Best]

Are you earning serious money doing those hours?
(I bet not.)
Did it when I was younger for 6, sometimes 7 days a week to some extent.
Wouldn’t do it now if I could turn the clock back.

 

[Millsy 82]

I've not long gone back self employed after having a year off so I'm still not too bad but I aim to be home for 6:30 every night latest my plan is to stick to this as I worked all through my son's childhood I'm not doing it with my daughter.

Weekends are a big no no maybe a little bit of paperwork when my daughter is asleep but that's it.

Work to live not live to work.

 

[Millsy 82]

Also what paperwork you doing that's taking 3-4 hours?

 

[Best]

Also what paperwork you doing that's taking 3-4 hours?

Counting all his bank statements probably

 

[plumb_know]

invoicing, quotes, replying to emails etc. i dont start as soon as i get in, i have dinner/bath so start paperwork around 9. i am not very quick at it

 

[ShaunCorbs]

finish at 5 then or if you have a job go well at 3 finish then

i see most take a fri off / afternoon

 

[Millsy 82]

How do you do your invoicing quotes etc? Do you use any software?

I try to do invoicing as I go just click sync when I get home all gets emailed to everyone. Quotes I have loads of prices so tonight I did a quote for a system boiler out and combi in took about 6-7 minutes max and emails I try to do them as I go along otherwise I will forget them.

 

[plumb_know]

I use quickbooks for invoicing, but dont get signal a lot of the time so cant send them until i get home. Quotes seem to take me ages, especially bathroom refurbs as they are all different cant seem to find a formula for accurately quoting them??

I do get distracted doing paper work which doesn't help. But at the moment i am booked up during the days mon-fri (upto 5pmish) and still getting 2-3calls a day

 

[Millsy 82]

I use quickbooks for invoicing, but dont get signal a lot of the time so cant send them until i get home. Quotes seem to take me ages, especially bathroom refurbs as they are all different cant seem to find a formula for accurately quoting them??

I do get distracted doing paper work which doesn't help. But at the moment i am booked up during the days mon-fri (upto 5pmish) and still getting 2-3calls a day

Never used quick books so can't comment on that.

I use gas engineer software and you can fill all your invoices out as you go then just click a button and send them all out.

How many of those quotes are you winning? If your too busy price rise time.