[A note from Tugboat Institute: Please note the postscript at the end of this article, in which the author comments on the connection of this topic to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.]

As a manufacturer of industrial heating and cooling technology, our business, Cambridge Air Solutions, surges 300-400 percent each fall. Everyone generally wants to have those systems installed in new construction before winter, and if you’re replacing your system, you typically do so in the last few months of the year. To meet that cyclical demand, we hire a large number of seasonal employees.