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600 hours back, every year
A poster in the n8n community forum reports what happened inside a bookkeeping firm. The firm added n8n workflows for the two jobs its pre-accounting software did not cover: document management and client follow-ups. The workflows chase and file documents and follow up with clients on their own, so staff stop doing that work by hand.
How it wentThe poster reports about 600 hours saved a year from the workflows. The firm then grew its client list to four times the size with no added hires, which the poster values at about 2,400 hours and roughly $30,000 in wages. The poster is clear that new pre-accounting software, added at the same time, also deserves part of the credit.
Try it · based on the source's workflow
Take over document chasing for [firm name]. Each week, list every client in [system] who still owes us a document for [period]. Draft a short follow-up for each one that names the exact document missing and the deadline, and show me all drafts before any send. File each returned document to [folder rule] and mark it received. Every Friday, send me one list: documents received, clients still missing items, and anyone who has not replied after two follow-ups.
A starting template based on the workflow the source describes. Review it before you use it; you are responsible for what it does.