I tryed the first employee as a JW and it didn't work out so well. I had to spend a lot of my time explaining things to him and following up on his work. Almost broke me. It takes a few weeks to get the feel of what a guy knows and doesn't know. By that time I'm in a hole.
Unloaded him and hired a part time secretary to do the daily acoounting work, receipts entry, paying bills, etc. That freed up about 6-8 hours a week for me to do more 'real work'. She also helped out with collecting on delinquent debts. I'd be too busy on the jobs to worry about those who didn't get me paid. Things would slip and some people never got billed right.
I'd start with a part time office help, once the office is straight you'll feel better focusing on running the business rather than the business running you.
[This message has been edited by PE&Master (edited 10-06-2006).]
