I ‘ve been plugging away with my little one man construction company for a while now, and I keep coming back to a question a customer asked me a couple years ago. “Why don’t you hire some help?”
What I was wondering is how many of you started as one man shops and then hired on other folks to help, eventually becoming a “boss” rather than a laborer (I don’t mean that negatively at all)
I simply have never wanted that kind of business. First I know that I’m a difficult SOB to work with because I’m very exacting and have no patience for people not meeting my standard (myself included) Second, the idea of actually hiring on someone else full time seems like an incredible hassle. Training, insuring, and then keeping good help seems almost impossible.
So far I’ve had no trouble finding someone to help me tote sheetrock, or haul site debris away whenever I need. (sometimes that person is my wife, but that is a fringe benefit)
I turn down work all the time that I know I could manage with two or three other folks helping out, but either I’m just not ambitious or too stubborn. Anyway, let me know what your experience has been. I’m more interested in why you decided to grow your business than the technical aspects.
PS. I would imagine getting up there in years might be a strong motivator J
Justus Koshiol
Running Pug Construction