VaYank5150
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They work with contracts to maintain. THIS I know as fact VaYank. As a matter of fact, my lease has an escallation built in that is directly related to thye increqase in the cost of that contract.
VaYank...I know my business. I have set up two building maintenance firms in Manahttan....and expanded one of them to building cleaning...and the other I helped develop as an offshoot of a property management firm.
The costs of those and the INCREASE in cost of those are incopoirated into leases and accounted for by the escalations...thus making it recession proof.
SO I am not sure what it is you are saying....but in a way, over 2 posts you said you are increasing your business by 45% in the last 10 months in an industry where you see a drop off in business....
No....what I SAID was that budgets that are normally "recession proof" are being hit. Hence, my company has to find ways to help our customers spend their dollars more wisely, and in the end, if we can help them invest those budget dollars now on efficiences that will help them save money on energy budgets in the future, everyone wins. Add to this, my expanding customer base, and you can easily see the reasons behind our increase in overall business.
I understand. But that goes back to my original point. They can not eiminate their budgets..they need to maximize their budgets. That is what makes you recession proof. You are needed in good times and bad. Like a plumber in residential....a pipe bursts, good times or bad, yoiu need to call a plumber. You may not replace the wet carpet in a recession, but the pipe needs to be fixed.
As for your increase in reach....you have smaller competitors that are going under or mimizing their staff due to loss of credit or whatever is causing them to go under. You have a business model that allowed for loss of credit and a recession at the same time...so you survivied and you can now fill the void created by those tha went under.
All industries that service commercial real estate are deemed as recession proof as there are tenants that depend on the building being serviced. When there is a contract (lease in this case) with a thrid party, it tends to make i reesson proof.
I STILL do not like the "feel" of your words undermining the great job my people have done this year, because you feel we are in a "recession proof" industry, but I will let that go. Now, I have to address the simple fact that having a contract/lease does not account for 45% growth over last year. As I am sure you know, most increases are limited to 3-5% year over year.