I didn't fire anyone. I took the busy work instead. #Shorts

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Издатель Oct 1, 2026

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You keep hearing the tools mean fewer people on payroll. I went the other way: I pulled the nonsense work off my team, which lands like a raise, and paid them more as clients came in. The book walks through the whole thing.

Get The ABCs of Small Business by Zach Adkins at https://www.zirowork.com/abc. Your best people already know how the operation works. Keep them.

Why taking busy work off your team beats firing them to cut costs

Q: Should I fire staff because software can do their work?
A: I think that's a weird expectation to set. It's better to ask what more I can give the people already working for me who know the operation and who I trust.

Q: How is removing work the same as a raise?
A: It's nonsense work. Taking it off their plate is giving them a raise, because they get their time back without losing pay.

Q: Then how do people actually get paid more?
A: More clients. Once we're getting more clients, I can actually pay you more money.

Q: Why keep existing employees instead of hiring cheaper?
A: They already know how this whole operation works and I trust them. That's worth more than a lower number on a payroll line.

Q: What work should come off the team first?
A: The nonsense work. The busy tasks nobody needed a human for in the first place.

Q: Does this mean nobody's job changes?
A: The job changes, the person stays. Less of their work, or more of their work taken away, and their pay goes up as the client count goes up.

Q: Where do I read more on running this way?
A: The ABCs of Small Business, $6.99 at https://www.zirowork.com/abc.

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