Yes you would experience burnout when you have to work long hours and no help due to limited staff
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Disadvantages of having a small business team?
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Almost all of my experience is in working in startups or newly started projects. I think I know how to answer this question correctly. During the years, all the different organizations I was part of had a different funding level, but almost all were underfunded. Some of them were pretty good in optimization. They achieved some progress with nearly 1000 times fewer resources than organizations with similar products. It was challenging but rewarding.
It's work load. When work load increases a small team comes under stress and work quality decreases.
In most cases, businesses with small teams tend to be interrupted in one way or the other and more especially when a staff fails to report to work due to genuine reasons like sickness, among other personal reasons.
When people work under pressure because of huge workload, it is inevitable that they won't give the highest efficiency.
That's what most business heads don't understand.
The first disadvantage, which is the most obvious, is that being small means fewer people, which means more tasks for fewer people, so it is more work and can be more dense. Depending on what your company is about, it can be acceptable or almost impossible, because there are companies that if you do not have enough employees, you cannot establish the company correctly or work correctly.
You may also struggle with attracting and retaining top talent, and lack the bargaining power of larger companies
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My business is small, so I only have two staff. My milk tea selling business is located in the mall in the city where I live
Small businesses are more vulnerable to economic downturns and unexpected challenges, which can lead to financial instability.
Small team usually experience burnout due to work overload beyond their limits. Small team exposes workers to stress, mental exertion and likely resignation from work thereby hurting the team more.
I’d say the biggest downside is workload stress. Each team member handles multiple responsibilities, so any absence hits hard. Also, you might miss out on different ideas or skills that a bigger team would bring. Communication is easier, sure, but growth and scaling can be tricky without adding more people strategically.