425: A Construction Company Owner's Guide To Hiring Employees

<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style= "color: #0000ff;"><strong>This Podcast Is Episode Number 425, And It's About Digital Disaster Recovery For Your Construction Company</strong></span></h1> <div> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Hiring or not hiring employees is one of the few optional things the business owner chooses, changes their mind, or changes direction as needed. With so much discussion about employees, payroll, and payroll taxes, you may feel that you miss out on not hiring many employees. The reality is that as a small business owner, you </span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true">do not have</span></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> to hire employees.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The two extremes in any business are "Too Many People" (with many looking busy) and "Too Few" (a handful are overloaded). An example of Too Many People is for a midsized firm having everyone with access to the accounting. I mean everyone from the "Shop Guy," Warehouse, Outside Salesman to Accounting Staff.</span></p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Depending on the size of the construction business, this might be necessary. However, for most companies letting everyone have access to the balance in the company checkbook creates "White Noise" and causes friction.</span></p> </div> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">"The company is making all this money" – I am justified in being lazy, stealing (time or material) services. Lots of time spent standing around with a coffee cup in hand being too crucial to doing the work they were hired to do. That leads us to...</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;">Hiring Toxic Personalities</p> <p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Businesses hire more staff as they grow. But if they expand too quickly, they will feel pressure to fill positions on their team, even if the job candidates have a few personality flaws. While some people change, others don't, and a few toxic personalities will poison your company culture.</span></p> <p><spa