If two aspirin are good, then 8 must be better. Here are some things to let you know you're going too far. Customers complain they don't see your salesman often enough and are trying your competitors. Employees are concerned about their situation and start discussing company information with customers. Customer service complaints increase.
Employee morale is low.
Sales people and other employees are reluctant to try new ideas and become less aggressive in closing for fear of losing sales. When it really gets bad. We've all heard the stories of business survival. Take control of the cash flow, sell company cars, eliminate bonuses, call in credit cards, fire non-essential employees, change the compensation system, change the management system, and still try to keep as many good employees as possible. Hopefully, you will never have to resort to these measures in your business.