Introduction
So I thought I would do a “Company Culture – A day in the life of” to give people a flavour of what it is like running a small business.
As you may, or may not know, I am running this alongside my day job. That means I have to balance everything to keep things moving nicely.
06:30 AM
So the day normally starts at 06:30 AM. I get up and get logged on for the day job. I am fortunate enough to be able to work remotely and flexibly so that works wonders.
07:00 AM
If I have anything that needs posting I log out on my time sheet from the main job and take packages to the Yodel drop off point.
07:30 AM
Log back in to the day job and carry on working.
12:00 PM
Lunchtime! Grab some food and reply to emails. Check to see whether anything has updated on Yodel. I like to keep an eye to be able to chase up if there are any issues. I will reply to any emails from my sales rep, or anyone else. This pretty much takes me through my lunch!
17:00
Log off the day job. Log on to the website admin. If there are any orders go to my storage, and pack them. If I get them prior to 10:00 then I can normally get them to the Yodel drop off point before they close. Anything after then cycles round to the next morning.
The whole process however consists of:
- Print off all orders
- Go to the storage
- Pick the relevant items
- Make the relevant boxes and pack the items
- Weigh everything
- Purchase the Yodel postage (needs the box size and weight)
- Print the postage label(s)
- Attach the invoice(s) and postage label(s) to the box(es)
- Drop off at Yodel drop off point
I will also check and update the relevant financial information. For the book keeping I need to:
- Download a PDF of the Yodel Invoice
- Attach the Yodel invoice to the relevant financial transaction
- Download the sale invoice
- Amend the VAT on the inbound funds (as they have the transaction fee taken off so the actual VAT needs to change to reflect what is on the invoice)
- Attach the sale invoice to the relevant financial transaction
During this time I will also check the stock, check if there are any new items coming in. Work my way through the relevant industry news, and check out the various social pages. Once I have done that, if not already sorted I’ll setup my blog post for the following day.
All of the above can take me up to 21:00 – 22:00 depending on everything that is going on. Also depending on the day of the week I may also have to pop out to pick up various family members from work etc. After all this I will try and either watch some Anime or work on one of my builds or other projects.
Conclusion
As you can see it is all glamour! However worth every second spent on it. I am still loving running the business and want to keep working at it to see it succeed. My hope, is that is grows to the point where it is generating business tax that I can then donate to local charities. My personal preference being the local food bank. That all pretty much sums up “Company Culture – A day in the life of”.
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