You are winning work. That was never the hard part. The hard part is that too many of your active jobs are quietly running late, and you find out about it the morning a client calls, not the week before when you could have done something about it. If you have ever...
Ask most trades owners how they onboard a new hire and the honest answer is: it depends who’s around that week. If your best foreman has a spare morning, the new person gets a real walkthrough. If everyone’s slammed, the new hire gets pointed at a truck...
You have more work than you can finish. You are weeks behind, working 60 to 70 hours, and you still worry about money like a wage earner. The reward you were promised when you started this thing never showed up. If that sounds like your last five years, you are not...
You need a foreman by next week. A guy is available because his old shop folded. He looks fine on paper, the interview goes well, and you make the offer because the season is on top of you and the seat is empty. Then, a few months in, you are paying the hidden cost of...
You parked the truck at six. By nine you’re at the kitchen table doing quotes, and your one day off this week somehow had your name on a service call. That’s the trap a lot of trades owners fall into. The actual work, the framing, the wiring, the ductwork,...
