Help Save Money

It takes a lot of money to run this place. The less we spend to run it, the more we have to make it better! You know that if Leo Hamel & Co. is making money, the company is very generous with its loyal employees. So, it would benefit YOU directly to help keep costs down.

A few areas to consider are:

1. Phone calls: our phone bills are TREMENDOUS! We have to make calls to do business, but try to keep them short. Or, wait until you have several things to say before you call; the first few minutes are the most expensive. We get charged for directory assistance, so try to find the number in the phone book, on your computer, or your Rolodex before you call 411. Any person, dealer, or supplier that you call often, should be in the computer!
2. Materials: don’t waste things that can be saved! Little things like baggies, stone papers, etc. are cheap to buy, but if everyone wastes $1 of the stuff every day, it adds up to $260 per year per person! When there are 20 employees working here, that comes to $5,200!
3. Energy: turn things off if you are not using them! We don’t own stock in SDG&E, but we sure support them every month!
4. Purchasing: always try to buy things for the cheapest price possible. Buy in quantities to get discounts.
5. Use the fax machine! It’s cheaper to fax than to call, and you’ll have a record of it.
6. Don’t waste paper. It’s cheap to buy but we use a lot of it. If it’s only used on one side, put it in the scrap paper box to be reused in the fax machine.
7. Don’t use expensive preprinted forms for scratch paper. Things like NNCF forms, letterhead, business cards, et al, are very expensive and should never be used for notes. Keep scratch paper handy on your desk.
8. Use plain envelopes whenever possible for mailing. Letterhead and window envelopes are expensive.

Here’s to more money for us all!