an expert Witness BY JAMES E. LEWIS ///
Did You Create a Business or
Just a Job?
I
have come across an interesting phenomenon several times in the past few years. I would say it is unique to our industry, but it applies equally to any business that operates twenty-four/seven, or at least long hours during the day and seven days a week. I’m talking about the grand plan where you start a business from the 16
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ground up, beginning with one truck or a few trucks, build up things to the point where you have light-, medium-, and heavy-duty covered with trucks and trained operators, and a plethora of accounts to keep your folks busy and the money coming in. Here is where the true breakdown happens. You marry yourself to a “job,” not a “business,” and you might as well just www.towprofessional.com
be one of the other W-2 employees. For example, about ten years ago, I interviewed for a heavy towing/ manager position in Montana. It was a great location with a major interstate nearby, large town, and a fleet of eleven or twelve great looking, custom painted or wrapped trucks. The problem was the pay. I was offered ten dollars an hour and
