How Much Should You Pay Construction Employees?
If you want to attract and keep good employees, you need to pay top dollar.
Finding Suitable Construction Employees
Hiring the wrong person costs money. It costs more than just the time and expense you went through before hiring, because you’ll spend time and money to fire them legally and properly.
Employees: Details that Cost You Money
Nothing is more frustrating than to work hard only to find out your business isn’t making money. Michael discusses three things that can make a big difference on the bottom line.
Motivate Your Construction Employees
In construction, employees are motivated and engaged when they know the reason behind their work. They need to know their jobs matter.
Who Generated The Lead?
When subcontractors or employees are approached, they are obligated to notify the general contractor who brought them there, and let him handle the lead.
Sharing Company Goals
It’s the time of year when you should be planning for the coming year. Once you set your plans for the year, how much of those plans should you share with your employees?
Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly
Issues that eat into profitability: It’s easy to hire someone who looks good on paper. If the resume is terrific and their references are glowing, they get hired.
Side Jobs in Construction
Have you ever had a client go behind your back and ask your employees and/or subcontractors to work for them outside your company?
Paying a Bonus to Employees
We are approaching the time of year when the subject of bonuses comes up. Your employees might be saying, “Do you suppose they will pay us a Christmas Bonus this year?”
Do You Pay Bonuses for Work Done?
If you’ve raised kids in the past 20-30 years, you know the new rules – no one loses, everyone gets a prize. Don’t keep score because it hurts their feelings.
Construction Business Employee Manual
Many old timers in this business will tell you to be slow to hire and quick to fire. That is just the opposite of what too many construction-related businesses do.
Moonlighting Construction Employees
A question came about moonlighting employees. This is an ongoing issue for construction business owners.
Employee Benefits for a Construction Business
If a company offers no sick pay or vacation pay…but is about to start – which is more important to offer first, anticipating that the next year we can offer the other?