Recession-proof?

[Z! Reinhardt]

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You might be laid off more gradually as each "employer" discontinues =
hiring your services for the time being.  It might depend on who all =
those "employers" are.  If your customer base is all livingrooms, and in =
an area where there are large corporations
indulging in massive job-cuts, you might eventually find yourself with =
too little to do when all is said and done.  If your customer base also =
includes churches and theatres, you might be a little luckier, depending =
on how their budgets respond to ticket sales or donations.

We're lucky.  Since our income doesn't respond as rapidly as having a =
single employer deliver a job-cut, we have time to adjust our lifestyles =
and shore up our resources as our income declines.

I hate to admit, we might not be lucky for awhile yet.  All I hope for =
now is that things don't get as bad all around as they did in Boston in =
'88-91 ....  Christmas of 1990 was a year when the stores were laying =
off people at Thanksgiving rather than hiring on seasonal help.  The =
"help wanted" pages in the Sunday Boston Globe went from a packet as =
thick as the daily paper to a single sheet of newsprint.  With jobs for =
the general public being that scarce, I knew that we piano technicians =
didn't have a chance, especially those who were new to the market.

Z! Reinhardt  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net


----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: Recession-proof?


Phil,

I wouldn't expect piano service to be totally recession proof, but it is =
still a
lot different from a number of other occupations, in that, since I have =
eight
hundred "employers" I am not likely to get laid off by all of them.  I =
think I
would always have enough income to pay the bills.

Regards, Clyde

Phil Bondi wrote:

> In the US, with the advent of all the posibilities, it would be my =
opinion
> that 'new' piano sales are bound to take a hit. I feel used pianos =
between 2
> parties and used from dealerships should maintain.
>
> but service...
>
> I'm the admitted rook in the business, and seeing company after =
company
> laying off thoussands of people, I still feel pretty safe being in a
> service-based business.
>
> Is this a false sense of security? The activity of my phone tells me =
no, but
> I would like to hear the comments from those who have been through =
what I
> believe we are headed towards.
>
> roo(k)




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