Change is never easy. This is particularly true for contractors and small business owners. We work hard. We are busy. We are production oriented. Many of us believe that hard work will fix things, but sometimes hard work with our shoulder to the grindstone just ends up giving us a sore shoulder. If your business is not offering the rewards you are looking for, you must strive to make changes.
There is an old joke about the wage-and-hour auditor and the contractor. It seems the auditor could not find any employees who were not being paid fairly, and he relayed the news to the owner of the business following the audit. The owner said, “There is one person with an issue. He works 70 hours a week, does not get overtime, rarely takes a vacation and makes very little per hour.”