We have watched with fascination as the price of gas continues to climb. People are being stretched further than they ever have. Blame whoever you want (there's plenty to go around), but things are getting tight.
So how come our prices haven't doubled in the last year? Well, quite frankly, our expenses simply haven't gone up that much. You see, we employ a different business model from most companies. We don't pay rent on a big building somewhere that houses workers that have to commute 100 miles a day. We trust the people that work for us (and they are located throughout the US). We honestly don't care if they choose to work at 7 am while munching down a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. They don't live in a cubicle, so they can blare the music as loud as they want. And if they want to write code in their PJs? Well, quite frankly, that's their business.
What I care about is that the job gets done, and that it gets done right.
What our clients care about is quality. They want a great product for a fair price. They want to be able to talk to somebody on THEIR schedule. In other words, they want what many companies stopped offering decades ago. There are still some companies who value customer service and still believe that the "customer is boss."
We hope we're one of them.
Noel Estabrook