GBM Insiders
Fall 2013
Doing More with Less vs. “Can Do” More with Less
We constantly hear about “doing more (a lot more) with less (a lot less)” from our team members. Our day porter hours have been reduced in many accounts, or totally eliminated; our budgets in most of our accounts have been squeezed; and costs for almost everything else, including labor, chemicals, equipment, consumables, etc., have increased noticeably. So, has our industry come to the end? Should I look for something else?
I do not think so and I certainly do not hope so.
One thing that we all need to realize is that “doing more with less” is happening on the customer side as well. We can see from reduction of administrative and maintenance staff that our customers are wearing multiple hats with no time to walk their own facilities. We are living in a very different world from five to ten years ago. We just have to be more productive, more efficient and work smarter. Also, we have to be much better communicators and organizers.