Are you the kind of operation that can have subs, or do you need 100% of your people all the time?
If the train doesn’t need to stop just because one person gets sick or is out on vacation, that’s worth noticing.
Pretty tough for Green Day to have subs. If one of the three of them is out they cancel the gig and everyone understands.
It’s much easier for the Nashville Symphony to have subs. If the fourth violin is someone different from last night, the audience would much rather the show go on than to cancel on account of one violin.
Embrace which kind you are. And if you’re the kind that can use subs…needing a sub is a bad time to go looking for subs.
