A note from Freedom Plumbers & Pumpers: The following is a candid, first-person account from a local business owner about the hard lessons of scaling a company too quickly. We share it here because it reflects the values that guide our own work—honesty, accountability, and treating customers fairly. We believe the same straightforward approach that helps a business survive its toughest years is what every homeowner deserves from their plumbing and septic contractor.
The Rettig Corporation
I, like many self anointed “CEO’s” or “Company President’s” made the boneheaded mistake of taking a small and profitable company down the path of rapid growth by investing in innovative technologies, fleet expansion, recruitment & onboarding, real estate leasing to house offices and a yard, massive marketing budgets, etc. This little stunt would take this 7-year-old company from just under $1,000,000.00 in yearly revenue to around $3,900,000.00 in 2 years. Awesome right? Wrong. By December of 2019, I was a technician who thought himself to be a “CEO”, who owed massive amounts of money to the IRS, the Virginia Department of Taxation, insurance companies, GPS companies, cell phone companies, marketing companies, parts supply houses, subcontractors, my mother, her neighbor and their dog. The last three aren’t true, but it helps drive a point.
Read more – https://rettigcorp.com/rickys-client-testimony/
