Run away, run away!
Seriously, I did it for 30 years. You get NO respect from your clients. If somebody misses a wastebasket you get a phone call at 7 in the morning, and it's DEFCON 2.
If someone forgets to refill a toilet paper dispenser it's DEFCON 1, you'll get fired, and deservedly so.
Also as someone mentioned earlier, if the economy tanks you are the first expense business cuts, and I don't care what kind of contract you have.
Speaking of contracts, when I started we had a simple one page agreement. By the time I got out of the business it was over 8 pages as I included clauses for all the new ways people found to f&%$ me. If you're interested in my template, pm me.
Half my contracts went away when the economy tanked 2007-2009. I began looking for something else, discovered junk removal and along with that scrapping. I was able to sell the business and was happy to do so.
I'm not bitter, just glad not to be doing it anymore.
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