Thats where i hit the "grey area" our other component is contract services, general IT, one component of which is security cameras, we arent cost effective, same with smb ptp, residential IT, all that. I technically dont have a no compete with my employer, i signed a restrictive one with my previous employer, it technically did not come with the transition when we split, and I made a point of not doing any contract work in my name with the previous partner for the duration of the no compete for that very reason. but, like the previous partner told me when i signed it, in Illinois, all a no compete really does is add however much hes willing to spend in court to the cost of my startup
Ive turned down alot of side work to avoid conflict, just because i need steady income. (Im doing some bragging here) Heres a funny thing that recently happened, we had a contract with a healthcare customer that ended up dissolving into two separate entities, i handled the closeout, one entity didn't care, just started from scratch, the other migrated. i worked with them closing out, making sure systems moved, applicable data wasn't lost, licenses were replaced, ended up being a really clean and smooth transition for the customer (they literally closed out on a friday as one agency, opened on a monday as another, with no IT glitch). I met with the owner of the IT company that took IT over for a closeout lunch, it ended up being a 3 hour job interview, he wanted to hire me on the spot. It ended up I had to decline because of my personal commitments to my house ( I bought the one across from my parents, so i could help them age out until they die) Another of our customers who has always been a pseudo support contract I could never get closed because every time I handed it off to our customer service, they would screw it up has always asked me to handle their IT off the cuff. I always had to decline because of my stupid loyalty to my company. We recently lost that client to the same IT outfit that took over that split contract. The client called me one day to do some closeout, then all of a sudden told me he had a message from the other IT outfit telling me they would cover my relocation if id come over to them. Made me feel kind of tall. This is where that grey area screws me, I have no issue ITing out for anyone, my only rule is I wont outsource to anyone my employer has touched in any way. I screw myself because I have a good reputation and the majority of what would be my target market has come to us, for me, but declined because of the final details by ownership. I figure my hyper loyalty is karma for what i did to fathers daughters in my younger years. that was quite a rant, damn booze... I should probably go finish that walmart app On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> wrote: > You should really look at doing security camera installs. I did some when > I had less WISP work and the wiring/networking aspects are really similar. > A number of businesses are OK with getting it done outside of standard work > hours to not affect their operations. > > You could do it by yourself or as a subcontractor to another outfit, but > you'd need to do at least a bit of the latter to learn some fine details of > the business. Some one or two man shops are pretty friendly and open to > occasional work. > > If you asked your WISP boss to let you put in the monthly bill "hey one of > our guys is starting this part-time business" etc. I bet you'd get lots of > inquiries already. > > As a bonus the camera service calls usually aren't as urgent as Internet > or pc repair service calls. Companies are often ok with a camera being down > a few days while never their internet or server. > On May 1, 2016 6:23 PM, "That One Guy /sarcasm" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Ive been looking for a brain dead part time gig to keep me busy during >> what would normally be my designated drinking time, so i figured id go >> apply at walmart, stock some shelves or something overnight. holy cow, jail >> intake is less invasive. I ended up giving up, I just dont have the >> patience for that much effort for a minimum wage gig. >> what happened to the days when applying for mope work took mope effort? >> -- >> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >> as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >> > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
