Just about no one escaped the effects of the recession that hit around 2008. While Pat Grogan and his wife had gotten their Topeka, Kansas-based plumbing company, Pat the Plumber, off to a rapid and promising start in 2005, they were blindsided by the crash of the economy as business fell off dramatically, with customers seeking only basic or emergency services.
“It was bad,” Grogan told Cleaner magazine, when Pat the Plumber was featured in the May 2011 issue. “If people had backed-up drains or sewers, they didn’t worry about fixing the original problem, they just wanted things cleaned out, minimal
How To Come Back Strong From a Down Period
Kansas’ Pat the Plumber was a young company but growing quickly when the 2008 recession hit. When it was profiled in Cleaner magazine in 2011, it was still in the early stages of overcoming that setback. The years of perseverance ended up paying off.
Oct 18, 2018 | by Lee Allen |
