finally hiring my 1st employee

8 years in business(all by myseld)



Today I decided to give the final ok today to the union to get my 1st apprentice....its sooo hard.....my sales are up 20% this year and I see the trend continuing



he will cost me $40,000 total w/ benefits and SS.....so if I don't make $40k more in profit this year its $-40k off my salary (very scary)



I asked for a ex military guy and he was near the top of the list, so I figured id better jump or risk not getting ex military



I wanted ex military because #1- I want to support them and #2 im anal and hope he can handle my personality........im very organized and hard working...im hoping the military also put those 2 things into his head



now I will likely have some more free time for sales.....



question: how much should I let him know about my pricing?....he's going to hear me on the phone all day long discussing costs/pricing....its not going to be a secret....he will get tons of insider stuff that I would have only dreamed of when I worked for someone else........should I allow him to work on my bids too?.....im basically training him to run his own business and use all my secrets........I don't see any way around it as long as im in the field



I assume he will be giving his 2 weeks notice, so ill have him at the end of the month.....I have 0 work on the schedule for 2 weeks+ out....very scary to hire someone when work is coming in day to day (but it does)